The next morning, he discovers who she is from a gossip column, and intends to send her home safely. He sees an addled Amelia, and his own honorable instincts take over and he takes her home to ‘sleep off’ what ails her. Contrary to belief, Amelia is drugged but mobile, and slips out of the house.įortunately for Amelia, she encounters Alistair, recently returned to London under the directive of his Uncle to marry well and take his rightful place in the world. When it is decided by a rather dour and domineering grandmother that she will be ‘calmed’ with laudanum before settling in for the night. After all the upheavals in the family with the move to England, she’s also the one who clings most tightly to the freedoms she had in Baltimore.Ĭoncurrent with the events from Lady Bridget’s Diary (which I loved by the way), Amelia’s story is set in a two day span, after her disgracing herself by removing her shoes at the ball. The youngest sister, Amelia is by far the least prepared to withstand (or even be presented to) London society. We met Amelia in the first book: a touch of a hoyden who disappeared from the family’s new home in London and was gone for 2 days after a disastrous ball. , the tone is light and fun, with moments that run from plausible to fantastical, but will be sure t will he ever catch up to the woman he loves? But with the threat of scandals, plural, looming. When Amelia finds out Alistair has been ordered to marry her, he must woo her and win back the angry American girl. If anyone finds out, she will be ruined, but he will win everything he’s ever wanted. Inevitably they end up falling in love and making love. How lucky, then, that one of them stumbles right into his arms!Īlistair and Amelia have one perfect day to explore London, from Astley’s Amphitheater to Vauxhall Gardens. He’s been ordered by his uncle to wed one of the American girls.

and finds herself in the company of one Alistair Finlay-Jones. Lady Amelia is fed up with being a proper lady and wishes to explore London, so one night she escapes.

In the second novel of Maya Rodale’s enchanting Keeping Up with the Cavendishes series, an American heiress finds her reputation-and heart-in danger when she travels to London and meets a wickedly tempting rake

Chasing Lady Amelia by Maya Rodale