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When the four Sparks sisters encounter the Earl of Hammond, the handsome heir to their father’s estate, they are whisked to London with a grand plan to find suitable husbands among society’s elite. The sisters quickly become the center of attention: Martha’s poetry delights and scandalizes the elite, Caroline finds herself entangled with a fortune‑seeker, Muffin confronts a cruel lord in a dramatic horse incident, and Irene, the dutiful eldest, orchestrates elaborate disguises to protect her family from ruin while secretly falling for Hammond. Their adventures set London abuzz with outrage, romance, and ambition.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Sherrod
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