Simply Love (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Anne Jewell: Teacher at Miss Martin's School for Girls, unwed mother, beautiful, heroine of this book, ashamed of her situation and lonely.
• Sydnam Butler: Steward of Glandwr House in Wales, handicapped and scarred, formerly an artist and also a military officer in the Penninsula Wars. Son of the Earl of Redfield.
• David Jewell: Anne's son out of wedlock, 9, needing a male's hand
• Kit Butler: Sydnam's older brother, formerly in the Penninsula Wars; married to Lauren. Now Earl of Ravensberg, living at Alvesley. He and Lauren had three children.
• Claudia Martin: Owner of the school for girls; former governess to Lady Freyja Bedwyn but left in outrage
• Joshua Moore: Marquess of Hallmere, cousin to Albert Moore, Anne's friend; a cousin to young David, father to two children, Daniel and Emily
• Lady Freyja Bedwyn, Marchioness of Hallmere: Wife of Joshua, sister of the Duke of Bewcastle; two children, anonymous benefactor to the girls' school.
• Lady Potford: Joshua's grandmother, who lived on Great Pulteney Street. Organized a surprise for the newlyweds.
• Susanna Osbourne: A teacher at the girls' school, still single
• Henry Arnold: The man Anne Jewel was to marry; now married to her sister, Sarah; father to four children: Charles, Jeremy, Louisa and Penelope
• Lord Alleyne: One of the Bedwyns, married to Rachel
• Earl of Redfield: Father to Sydnam, Kit and Jerome
• Lord and Lady Rannulf: Part of the Bedwyn group who stayed at Glandwr House for the month; Lady Rannulf. Judith, acted two parts as entertainment.
• Wulfric Bedwyn: The Duke of Bewcastle, married to Christine; often uses a quizzing glass, rather gruff. He took over as Duke when he was young (17 or 18).
• Christine: Duchess of Bewcastle, wife of Wulfric who was the duke; vivacious and smiling; daughter of a country schoolmaster.
• Albert Moore: Prudence's brother, handsome but depraved
• Earl of Rosthorn: Gervase, married to Morgan
• Matthew Jewel: Anne's brother, a clergyman, married to Susan with two children.
• Lady Prudence Moore: Anne's former pupil, mentally handicapped cousin of Joshua, sister of Albert
• Lord Aiden: One of the Bedwyns, married to Eve
• Davy: Adopted son of Aiden and Eve; 11,
• Alexander: Nephew of the Duchess of Bewcastle, 10; part of the group who spent the month in Wales
• Mr. and Mrs. Jewel: Anne's parents, living in Gloucestershire; estranged from her for 10 years
• Jerome: Sydnam's and Kit's older brother, now deceased
• Lady Redfield: Sydnam's, Kit's and Jerome's mother.

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• Wales: Where Bewcastle's estate was, in the Southwest part, and where some of the family stayed for a month.
• Lindsey Hall: The Duke of Bewcastle's principal home, adjoining Alvesley Park where Kit and Sydnam grew up with the Bedwyns.
• Bath: Where Anne lived at the girls' school.
• Glandwr House: Bewcastle's home in Wales, by the sea. A large mansion of gray brick in the Palladian style, with a lovely view from most rooms. Near the sea and the beach, on top of a cliff.
• Cottage near Glandwr House: Where Sydnam moved when the Bewcastles and Bedwyns came to spend the month.
• Ty Gwyn: A house and property separate from Glandwr House;
• Gloucestershire: Where Anne grew up; where Henry Arnold lived
• lydmere: In Cornwall, where Anne had lived while a governess and during her problems.
• Alvesley: The home where Sydnam had grown up, a grand and stately house. Approached by traveling a stone-roofed Palladian bridge and onto a driveway through a park.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Simply Unforgettable, and followed by Simply Magic.

Preceded by The Pirate & the Puritan, and followed by Lord of the Keep.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Mary Balogh (Author)

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• Dewey: 823.914

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• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Balogh, Mary
• Books › Romance › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary