“The whole scheme hangs on you, my love.” So begins Lady Mulholland’s directive to Henry Granger, her one and only son. He is to bring suitable gentlemen home from Oxford and he is to make all haste. There are seven daughters to be married—Violet, Rose, Daisy, Marigold, Lily and the twins, Poppy and Pansy—an undertaking that will span a decade. Lady Mulholland, however, is not faint of heart. She devised her plan on a long ago evening when she happened to look down her dining table and note precisely how many daughters were to be had. She is confident of its success, as she is confident in all of her plans. Whether her daughters will cooperate is another matter entirely. Violet, her eldest daughter, is a scholar. She is shrewd enough to guess at her mother’s schemes and bold enough to thwart them. Lord Smythesdon, invited to the house under false pretenses, considers himself a serious intellectual. He also considers that particular quality to be a man’s purview. As he says, there is no fact ruined faster than hearing a female spout off about it. As Violet is in the habit of spouting off quite a lot, there could not be a more ill-omened beginning. Smuckers, the fearless butler, is determined to do his bit for his mistress. He will rally the below stairs staff and enact some schemes of his own. Despite his outward bravado, he secretly fears that, in this particular instance, Lady Mulholland shall be defeated. This disturbs his peace for, as he well knows, if Lady Mulholland is not happy, nobody in the house is happy. In the spirit of Nancy Mitford, Chemsworth Hall follows the fortunes of the Granger family in all their delightful eccentricity. Let the games begin... Perpetua Langley is the author of the eleven book Sweet Regency Romance Series and a firm believer that life ought not to be taken too seriously unless absolutely necessary.

Book 2 of the series, Chemsworth Hall “The whole scheme hangs on you, my love.” So began Lady Mulholland’s directive to Henry Granger, her one and only son. He is to bring suitable gentlemen home from Oxford and he is to make all haste. There are still six daughters left to be married—Rose, Daisy, Marigold, Lily and the twins, Poppy and Pansy—an undertaking that will span a decade. Lady Mulholland, however, is not faint of heart. She devised her plan on a long ago evening when she happened to look down her dining table and note precisely how many daughters were to be had. She is confident of its success, as she is confident in all of her plans. Whether her daughters will cooperate is another matter entirely. While her sister Violet is now happily married to Lord Smythesdon, Rose Granger may be more of a challenge. She considers herself bold and not constrained by society's opinions. If she deems a person horrible, she may very well say it aloud. More than once. Naturally, she expects no less from any gentleman worthy of her notice. HE is to be prepared to violently throw down his napkin at the slightest provocation. Edwin Hamilton is in the habit of rushing off in bold action. In fact, he is renowned at Oxford for leading a rabble to get his friend reinstated. He is also renowned at home for the same, as his father had to pay for the resulting property damage. He also happens to owe Smythesdon a hundred pounds from cards, and is happy to visit Chemsworth to clear the debt. Who better for Rose Granger? When a scheme dreamed up by Poppy and Pansy Granger goes awry, the house is thrown topsy-turvy. Chemsworth Hall's intrepid butler, Smuckers, will do his best to stand with the house and help Lady Mulholland gain her aim. However, it will be up to Rose to discover the truth, and discover what is really in her heart. In the spirit of Nancy Mitford, Chemsworth Hall follows the fortunes of the Granger family in all their delightful eccentricity.