One drawback to a series about eight women is that you end up with a lot of characters. Hopefully, this will help you keep everyone straight. I’ll be adding to this list as I continue to write more books in the series.
The Ladies of the Wagering Whist Society
The Ladies:
Christianne Norman, Baroness Norman, A Hand for the Duke
Lydia Sheffield, Jack of Diamonds
Diana Hemshawe, The Games She Played
Claire Tyne, Countess Blakemore, A Trick of Mirrors
Alys Russell, Duchess of Kendell, A Bid for Romance
Mrs. Penelope Aldridge, An Affair of Hearts
Cynthia Montley, Marchioness Sorrell, Love in Spades
Ellen Aston, Viscountess Moreton, A Token of Love
Introduced in A Hand for the Duke
- Liam Ayres, Marquess of Ayres: Tina’s father
- Tina Rowen, Christianne’s natural daughter
- Robert Bronley, Duke of Warwick
- Lady Margaret Bronley, Warwick’s sister
- Joshua Powell, Viscount Wickford: Hero of King of Clubs
- Martin Arbeit, Secretary to the Duke of Warwick: Hero of Christmas in the Cards
Introduced in Jack of Diamonds
- John Welles, Viscount Welles
- Lord Daniel Sheffield, Lydia Sheffield’s father
- Ann Welles, Dowager Viscountess Wells
Introduced in The Games She Played
- Andrew Crowther, Viscount Colburne
- Albert Hemshawe, Baron Rivers: Diana Hemshaw’s father
- Sophia Hemshawe, Lady Rivers: Diana Hemshaw’s mother
Introduced in A Trick of Mirrors
- Isabel Kendrick, Lady Blakemore’s niece
- Beatrice Kendrick, Lady Blakemore’s niece
- Lord Blakemore, Earl Blakemore
- Paul Adler, Earl St. Vincent
- Edward Pike, Viscount Conway
- Elizabeth St. Vincent, Dowager Countess St. Vincent
- Lord Rogan, a man with mistaken ideas
Introduced in A Bid for Romance
- James Douglass, Marquess Raglan
- George Hershawn, Earl Gorling
Introduced in An Affair of Hearts
- Charles Aldridge
- Quinton, Lord Ainsby, Charles’s cousin: Hero of Deck the Halls
Introduced in Love in Spades
- Cassia Bolton, Lady Sorrell’s sister
- Archer FitzWilliam
- Lady Emma Bolton, Cassia’s mother
Introduced in A Token of Love
- Christopher, Lord Pennyston
- Mrs. Amelia Rutledge, Lord Moreton’s aunt
- Mr. Harold Sherman, cloth manufacturer
Introduced in King of Clubs
- Gwendolyn Sherman, Harold Sherman’s daughter and school friend to Cassie Bolton and the Kendrick twins.
- Hannah, Lady Wickford, Lord Wickford’s mother
Christmas Novellas:
- Christmas in the Cards, featuring Martin Arbeit, the Duke of Warwick’s secretary.
- Deck the Halls, featuring Lord Quin Ainsby, Charles Aldridge’s cousin.
- A third Christmas novella will be written for the 1808 Season.