The Ellsworth Assortment Series by Christina Dudley

One husband, three wives, five children…With her much-marrying father’s example before her, Miss Florence Ellsworth, eldest of the notorious “Ellsworth Assortment,” craves nothing more than respectability. Not for her the folly of flirtation and amorous misadventure! After years of keeping house and looking after her younger siblings, Florence engages herself to a staid clergyman who is everything her father is not... moreOne husband, three wives, five children…With her much-marrying father’s example before her, Miss Florence Ellsworth, eldest of the notorious “Ellsworth Assortment,” craves nothing more than respectability. Not for her the folly of flirtation and amorous misadventure! After years of keeping house and looking after her younger siblings, Florence engages herself to a staid clergyman who is everything her father is not. But when her father wants to marry a fourth time, and a handsome young solicitor takes up the Ellsworth business, Florence learns there are no spectators in the game of love.From the author of the beloved Hapgoods of Bramleigh series called "sparkling" and "swoon-worthy," Tempted by Folly is a clean Regency romance and first book of The Ellsworth Assortment. less

The only thing standing in the way of her winning Mr. Wright was Mr. Entirely Wrong.Out of all the swains she collected, Miss Lily Ellsworth knew Mr. Gilbert Wright was the one she would choose in the end. Rich, well-connected, dashing, daring, he was exactly the sort of man to turn heads, even if he hadn’t much of one himself. Lily didn’t mind—a dim husband would be more easily controlled than a clever one... moreThe only thing standing in the way of her winning Mr. Wright was Mr. Entirely Wrong.Out of all the swains she collected, Miss Lily Ellsworth knew Mr. Gilbert Wright was the one she would choose in the end. Rich, well-connected, dashing, daring, he was exactly the sort of man to turn heads, even if he hadn’t much of one himself. Lily didn’t mind—a dim husband would be more easily controlled than a clever one. And after seeing how her father chose his several wives, Lily sometimes doubted clever men even existed.There was the new curate of St. Eadburh’s, of course, but Mr. Simon Kenner might be altogether too clever for comfort. Where every other gentleman of Lily’s acquaintance thinks her an angel, Mr. Kenner shows an alarming tendency to catch her out. And where every other gentleman envies Mr. Wright’s favor with her, Mr. Kenner thinks his cousin is making a colossal mistake.Between these two opponents, will either gain the whip hand, or will love defeat them both?The Belle of Winchester is a clean Regency romance and second of The Ellsworth Assortment. less

An unladylike young lady. A young man with something to prove. Let the games begin.Tomboy Miss Araminta Ellsworth and her dearest friend, Aggie, were the most backward graduates Mrs. Turcotte’s Seminary for Young Ladies ever produced, more interested in batting and bowling than sewing and simpering. How, then, could Araminta ever have predicted Aggie’s unprecedented passion for the reprobate Mr... moreAn unladylike young lady. A young man with something to prove. Let the games begin.Tomboy Miss Araminta Ellsworth and her dearest friend, Aggie, were the most backward graduates Mrs. Turcotte’s Seminary for Young Ladies ever produced, more interested in batting and bowling than sewing and simpering. How, then, could Araminta ever have predicted Aggie’s unprecedented passion for the reprobate Mr. Francis Taplin? If Minta is going to keep her friend’s person and fortune out of Taplin’s dangerous hands, she’ll need to think of something—fast.Mr. Nicholas Carlisle has always lived in his stepbrother, Francis’s shadow: at school, at university, and in his family’s prospects. So when Miss Ellsworth approaches him for aid, she finds a willing accomplice. Nicholas fashions a new personality for her, transforming her into Francis’s ideal. To this, he adds a counterfeit courtship, to stir his brother’s competitive side.Their scheme succeeds.Wildly.But the victory might cost them the only prize worth winning—their own chance at love.From the author of the beloved Hapgoods of Bramleigh series called "sparkling" and "swoon-worthy," Minta in Spite of Herself is a clean Regency romance and the third book of The Ellsworth Assortment. less