Joan Smith: 117 books

Lettie Beddoes was twenty-seven and past the age of longing for love. She was also the guardian of a trust for Lord Havergal, notorious fellow that he was, and impervious to his requests for more money. When he dropped in on her for a face-to-face encounter, he was surprised to learn that she was a woman....

The picture of innocence, Miss Mabel Anderson, and the sister of a cleric. But many people in her port town of Salford lived in poverty, their only chance at making a decent living being the smuggling trade. Mab inadvertently found herself the leader of this group, but a government agent, Sir Stamford...

Deirdre Gowers aunt, the Duchess of Charney, had trapped Lord Belami into offering for her niece. Deirdre had accepted in order to escape having to marry someone she disliked. But now, at Beaulac for the New Years holiday, both participants were ready to renege on the engagement--until solving the...

Deirdre Gower refused to marry her fiancé, Lord Belami, while her Aunt Charney was desperately ill with the ague. His lordship took offense at the continual delays and called the whole thing off. But they both wound up on the continent where they were supposed to have had their honeymoon, and where...

Sylvia Thompson, using the name Jane Bingham, became nursemaid to Bobby Palin in order to find out what had really happened to her sister, Bobbys former helper. In no time she found herself in love with her employer, suspicious of his second wife, and horrified by her sisters fate--which might have been...

Priscilla Denver should be comfortably situated in the house her aunt sold her, but it turns out that her aunt was a trifle dishonest about what she was selling. Then theres the rattling hearth to distress Miss Denver and her companion, Miss Slack. And the darkly handsome Duke of Clavering is suspiciously...

Clara Christopher had met Lord Allingcote several years previously at a houseparty, when he had chosen her as his flirt. But hed disappeared from her life, and now reappeared escorting the outrageously beautiful Nel Muldoon to a wedding for his cousin. Though his lordship still had eyes for Clara,...

Lydia Trevelyn and her neighbor, Lord Beaumont, have thwarted family plans for a match. But when they discover a body in a local river, and it seems possible the dead woman was her fathers mistress, the two join forces to discover the villain who has murdered the young woman. Beau is intrigued when...

Because Valerie Ford is tall with lion-like eyes and hair, her aunt chooses her to come to Troy Fenners to act as model for Aunt Loos latest heroine, Gloria. Valerie is expected to accomplish amazing featsand to attend séances with a distant French cousin and a handsome, though poor, scholar. Why does...

Amy Talbot enjoys doing watercolors of plants, but when her brother discovers a body in the water meadow she is dismayed. There are several strangers around Chilton Abbas, and Mr. Renshaw with his bamboozling tales of India, seems a rather suspect one. His interest in Amy (with her large dowry) also...

When Sir Reginald Prance sets up an art studio on Ironmonger Lane, and a man dies, the Berkeley Brigade has an interest in finding out what happened. Lord and Lady Luten, along with Coffen Pattle and butler Black, uncover a nefarious plot to steal Roman ruins. Even Mrs. Ballard takes a job at Mademoiselle...

Chloe Barwick manages the rundown family estate while her brother Edward plays poet. Her neighbors Lord Carnforth and his daughter Emily seem to be struggling, too, until a wealthy nephew, Jack Gamble, comes home from India. Chloe is suspicious of Jack lending money to her brother, and of Jacks engagement...

Cressida Charmsworth inherited the title of Baroness deCourcy from her father. A country girl (of twenty-three), she also inherited alarming wealth and gave herself two London seasons. Wishing to have a relaxing vacation by the sea, she attempted to rent Lord Dauntry’s adorable Swiss-style cottage....

Miranda has been widowed for two years when she accompanies her neighbors to London. Her intent is not to find a husband--nor is it to find a less virtuous arrangement! Lord Boltons reputation precedes him and though he is rich and charming, the daughter of a clergyman knows enough to beware of such...