The Jilter

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A Cautious Lady and a Courageous Lord</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance and so </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Society of Sponsoring Ladies</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is born.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Lady Prudence Landry only daughter of the Earl of Copeland has been besieged by Lord Luckstone. He has told the neighborhood that they are engaged and he attempts admittance to the house daily. She never agreed to such a thing and she and her elderly father have all but barricaded themselves inside. When there seems nowhere to turn the earl sends an urgent message to his cousin Lady Featherstone.</p><p><br></p><p>Lady Featherstone is baffled by Lord Luckstone but there is nothing she likes so much as a mystery. She sets off for Kent with the redoubtable Lady Heathway determined to bring Lady Prudence to London. It is finally her turn to act as mama to a charming young lady.</p><p><br></p><p>Ambrose Thorpe Marquess of Ryland is larger than life and the founder of the <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Society for Advancing Criminal Knowledge</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. The </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ton</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> believes the lord merely wishes to assist the crown but he has another reason for involving himself in England's underbelly-long ago someone murdered his father for a famed diamond the lord never had in his possession. Lady Featherstone is one of his longstanding members and when she summons him to the earl's estate he promptly answers the call.</span></p><p><br></p><p>With the help of Lord Ryland Lady Prudence has left Lord Luckstone behind in Kent. She has also learned a few things about her inclinations thanks to her recent harassment at the hands of a gentleman. As she thinks of her future she's decided she will only wed a very mild man.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>She will never allow herself to feel overcome or run over again. Lord Ryland may be many things but mild has never been on the list.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>A Series of Worthy Young Ladies</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Meddler</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Sprinter</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Undaunted</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Champion</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Jilter</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Regal</span></p>