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Bath Trilogy #1-3
The Bath Trilogy: The Bath Quadrille, The Bath Charade, and The Bath Eccentric's Son
Romance blooms in the fashionable resort town of BathFounded by the Romans and transformed into a fashionable spa resort by the Georgians, the picturesque town of Bath thrives during the Regency, drawing dukes and duchesses, lords and ladies. It is a place of sophisticated entertainments where love has many opportunities to flower—and one’s every move is fodder for gossip. After a series of misunderstandings, Lord and Lady Ramsbury no longer live together. Can they ever stop quarreling long enough to acknowledge their mutual passion? Meanwhile, Lady Ramsbury’s friend, Sydney Saint-Denis, discovers that his mother’s troublemaking goddaughter Carolyn is now a lovely young lady and her potential for mischief has become much, much greater. And Lady Ramsbury’s scapegrace brother Brandon Manningford finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Nell Bradbourne, the young woman he hires to fulfill his ill father’s curious final request.
- GenresHistorical Romance
672 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Amanda Scott
172 books381 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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May 2, 2018
Now that was an enjoyable romp. At the very beginning it seemed a bit ... stilted with backstory, although it was a lovely paragraph to start with, but I came to enjoy the characters very much. Well, we aren't meant to like Jarvis, and I didn't care for Joseph Lasenby, but I thoroughly enjoyed the others. Nice to see Brandon Manningford coming into his own. I am quite pleased to have read this.
September 1, 2023
enjoyable stories
Amanda Scott is a wonderful writer and I have enjoyed many of her stories. Unfortunately, as other review have mentioned the editing is poorly done especially in the first book and gratefully less so in the second and third. If you can get past that I believe you will find the books enjoyable. The characters have depth and because it is a trilogy some are in all three books. My rating is only a 4 due to the editing, the stories are definitely a 5.
Amanda Scott is a wonderful writer and I have enjoyed many of her stories. Unfortunately, as other review have mentioned the editing is poorly done especially in the first book and gratefully less so in the second and third. If you can get past that I believe you will find the books enjoyable. The characters have depth and because it is a trilogy some are in all three books. My rating is only a 4 due to the editing, the stories are definitely a 5.
January 30, 2018
Great Reads
I found these stories vastly entertaining. The characters, the plots, and the settings were all top rate. A true "must read" if ever there was one!
I found these stories vastly entertaining. The characters, the plots, and the settings were all top rate. A true "must read" if ever there was one!
May 2, 2018
When you're a deep fan of Georgette Heyer, it's hard to find other Regency romance that you can stand to read. These I enjoyed thoroughly.
October 9, 2025
DNF
The H was a smirking bully. The h deserved everything she got since she was a brat. Not worth continuing.
The H was a smirking bully. The h deserved everything she got since she was a brat. Not worth continuing.
November 19, 2025
The first book was not strong. 2 Stars because both characters really annoyed me with their personality and I wasn't invested at all in their story. Have not read more than that first story.
November 2, 2017
Okay, I read the second just to find out how the couple from the first ended up, but I fell in love with the second one. the third finally gave me the info I wanted. I liked all 3, but the second was my absolute favorite!
July 22, 2019
I finished Book 1 and am not sure if I'll continue with the other two. This is way too much of a bra-buster for me. Lady Ramsbury's character just seemed ridiculous to me with her obsessive denial of her attraction to her (obviously-irresistible-to-her) husband.
What I enjoy reading about are the settings, the fashions, the locations, etc. of Regency novels, but the characters have to be more realistic and neverending expressions describing a person's reaction (such as having knitted brows) I find so exaggerated, it's a turnoff.
What I enjoy reading about are the settings, the fashions, the locations, etc. of Regency novels, but the characters have to be more realistic and neverending expressions describing a person's reaction (such as having knitted brows) I find so exaggerated, it's a turnoff.
January 5, 2015
Enjoyable read. Three novels connected by characters but not sequels.
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