The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• William Darby, "Will": Viscount of Summerfield, Baron Ivers
• Mr. Carsdale: the Earl of Bedford's secretary
• the Earl of Bedford: Will's father, who allowed Will to travel the continent six years earlier and who then suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed
• Mr. Addison: Will's manservant
• Lady Alice: Will's sister
• Joshua Darby: Will's brother
• Lady Jane: Will's youngest sister
• Roger Darby: Will's youngest brother
• Mr. Farley: the butler, a servant in the Summerfield household
• Jacobs: the footman who attends Will's father, the Earl of Bedford
• Lady Phoebe Fairchild: aka Madame Dupree, a young lady of quality who is currently employed as a modiste for Summerfield's sisters
• Mrs. Ramsey: the owner of a Bond Street boutique, Mrs. Ramsey's Haute Couture Dress Shoppe
• Lady Downey: Phoebe and Ava's mother
• Lord Downey: Phoebe and Ava's stepfather who commandeered their inheritance when their mother died
• Ava: Phoebe's sister, Lady Middleton, the Marchioness of Middleton
• Greer: Phoebe's cousin, Lady Radnor, the Princess of Powys
• Rhodrick, Lord Middleton: the Marquis of Middleton, a member of the House of Lords who supports reforms that will help poor women and children by protecting the rights of working women
• Lord Radnor: the Prince of Powys, Greer's husband who along with Lord Middleton were drafting legislation and proposing reforms that would give women who were forced to earn their living some basic and decent rights
• Jonathan: Phoebe's godchild, Lord and Lady Radnor's son
• Lord Stanhope: a friend of Lord Middleton's who Ava and Greer are trying to get Phoebe to consider for a husband
• Lady Agatha Purnam: Phoebe and Ava's mother's lifelong friend and a general busybody
• Frieda: a chambermaid in the Summerfield household
• Mrs. Turner: the housekeeper for the Summerfield household
• Henry Ellison: Will's childhood friend
• Billy: a footman in the Summerfield household
• Caroline Fitzherbert: a lady who hopes to ensnare Will Darby for herself
• Lord Duckworth: a member of the country gentry who attends the house party at Wentworth Hall
• Mr. Hughes: the smithy (blacksmith) in the village of Greenhill who is secretly meeting Lady Alice
• Mr. Fortenberry: a member of the country gentry
• Miss Susan Dumbarton: the governess for the Duckworth children
• Mrs. Remington: a member of the country gentry
• Mr. Samuel Remington: a member of the country gentry
• Lucy (Lucille Pennebacker): Phoebe's aunt and spinster sister of Lord Downey, her stepfather

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• “No, I suppose none of use is ever really free, for if we were, there would be no cause to long for those we cannot have.”

  William Darby, Viscount of Summerfield

• “When a man looks at you with fever in his eyes, he is burning with a thirst that consumes all of him, not merely a single part. His hunger is not just for your flesh, but for your heart and soul. When you see it, you will know it -- because you will feel that fever in you.”

  Phoebe Fairchild's mother

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• Wentworth Hall: Will Darby's home in Bedfordshire
• Bedfordshire
• London, England
• Egypt
• India
• Paris, France
• Greenhill: a picturesque village near Wentworth Hall
• Broderick Abbey: the home of Lord and Lady Middleton
• Berwick-upon-Tweed: the village where Madame Dupree was raised

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• Ladies' Beneficent Society: a charitable organization that endeavored to help women who had landed in the poorhouse

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Preceded by The Perils of Pursuing a Prince.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Julia London (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Romance › Historical › Regency
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( L )
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Sisters

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