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Anne Gracie
Anne Gracie writes historical romance novels set in the Regency era. Her bibliography includes titles such as The Secret Daughter, Marry in Haste, Gallant Waif, The Perfect Waltz, and The Perfect Stranger.
The Autumn Bride
Synopsis
To save her sister and friends from destitution, former governess Abigail Chantry breaks into an apparently empty London mansion, only to discover its elderly owner neglected by her servants. After Abby and her companions nurse the lady back to health, they hatch a scheme to pose as her nieces to secure their future. But their cozy arrangement is thrown into chaos when the lady's cynical nephew returns home, determined to expose the beautiful impostor.
Genres
Characters
Abigail ChantryProtagonist
A resourceful former governess who breaks into an apparently empty London mansion hoping to find something to sell, and ends up rescuing its neglected elderly owner instead.
Max DavenhamProtagonist
Lady Beatrice's skeptical nephew, an aristocrat freshly returned from years abroad in the East who suspects the young women caring for his aunt are impostors.
Lady Beatrice DavenhamSupporting
Max's elderly great-aunt, left ill and neglected by her own servants until Abby and her companions nurse her back to health and become her adopted "nieces."
Jane ChantrySupporting
Abigail's younger sister, rescued from a brothel where she was being held, and taken in as one of the four young women who become Lady Beatrice's household.
Freddy Monkton-CoombesSupporting
Max's rakish best friend, a self-described "black sheep" with a running fear of husband-hunting young women he calls "muffins."
Frequently asked questions
Does The Autumn Bride need to be read before the rest of the Chance Sisters series?
The Autumn Bride is the opening book of Anne Gracie's Chance Sisters series. It introduces Abby, Jane, Daisy and Damaris, the four women whose own romances follow in the later books: The Winter Bride, The Spring Bride, The Summer Bride and The Christmas Bride.