This author must be American. The basis of the story is faulty for this era. A daughter would certainly not be welcomed back into a family after such behaviour. Please, please, do your research. It is bad enough describing Autumn as fall and sending young ladies out in public alone (yes Jemma would have accompanied her employer) but to have the whole book set up for an American audience is not Regency. I bought the whole set but will not be reading anymore from this author.