Moth Agency Romances

The brilliant young professor is in need of a wife, but definitely not this one. Professor Theo Watt needs a suitable wife, or so his mother believes. His dazzling career as a naturalist leaves no time to find one, so he grudgingly defers to her matchmaking. Amidst a string of disappointing candidates, he unexpectedly finds himself charmed by a passing young woman who sacrifices her pretty dress to join him in the muddy rescue of a fish. Slow to trust, Ida Moss hides the scandal that has blighted her past. She has long since abandoned all hope of her own happiness, caring for her nephew and scraping the barest of livings. Once he knows her secret, any gentleman with a reputation to uphold will, she assumes, condemn and avoid her. Can a balmy summer in a beautiful university city, a fish, a wooden acorn and a sudden shower of rain work the magic that will encourage this unlikely pair to face down social convention and find a future in each other's arms? An Utterly Unsuitable Lady is the delightfully witty first book in the Moth Agency Romances series. If you like engaging characters, vivid period settings, and stories based in truth, then you'll adore Lucy Greenhill's sweet tale.

Cambridge, 1896. When gifted mathematician Grace Marshall is thrown into poverty by the sudden loss of her distinguished father, marriage seems to offer the best hope of security. The obvious candidate agrees; their union would boost his professional reputation as well as offering Grace safe respectability. But Grace's ally at the college, Miss Froment, has taken against this suitor and recruits the Moth Agency in a campaign of engagement prevention. Enter Daniel Hollingdale, a musician widely condemned as a hothead whose prank theft of a precious statue has led to disgrace and punishment. His future career under threat, Daniel needs to persuade the college and his family that he is now capable of serious study. Grace is the only tutor who can help him. Grace, however, has already embarked on her own unlikely career as a fashion journalist. Learning the modern skill of typewriting, she quickly stumbles across corruption in the running of a nearby workhouse, and soon becomes involved in the fate of three abandoned children. Discover if Grace and Daniel can overcome both scandal and romance to find their own heartwarming conclusion when you join them in this gentle and witty Victorian romance.