Miss Cresswell S London Triumph

Cassandra Cresswell came by her learning naturally, having parents who were scholars. And being a London bluestocking never bothered her, until she discovered something special about an old childhood friend. Ned Mainwaring, however, was under the spell of Miss Arabella Taylor, as were most of London’s bachelors. So Cassie would have to learn something new to outwit the little enchantress. Regency Romance by Evelyn Richardson; originally published by Signet

One of the most beloved authors in the Regency romance genre offers two of her best stories, together for the first time in one volume. Original.

After years of bad luck, Georgiana Marland strikes gold when a rich relative takes her in. Unaccustomed to the norms of the ton, however, Georgiana finds herself in need of instruction-and infatuated with her tutor.

To fill the endless days of summer, the Dowager Viscountess Ransome invites a party of young people to her estate and sits back to watch the sparks fly. Looking forward to the quiet countryside, her guests instead find treachery, secrets, and that most inconvenient bother, love. Original.

A haunting and moving debut, The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked, near death on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. But she can remember how to help a woman in labour, how to expertly dress a wound and can speak fluent French. With the odds against her – a penniless single woman – she starts to build her life from scratch, using her skills to help other woman around her. She finds a happy place in the world. Until tragedy strikes, and she must run for her life. In London, Dr Borthwick lives a solitary life working as an accoucheur together with his midwife, Mrs Bates, dealing with mothers and babies in both the elegant homes of high society, and alongside a young widow, Eleanor Johnson, volunteering in the slums of the Devil’s Acre. His professional reputation is spotless and he keeps his private life just as clean, isolating himself from any new acquaintances. He is harbouring a dark secret from his past, one that threatens to spill over everything . . .