Encounters of the Ardenzy Heiresses — Claudia Dain

**The two novellas in this collection can also be found separately in Encounter At The British Museum and The Wrong Heiress.

*The events in these two novellas dovetail with scenes in the novel Much Ado About Dutton.

Elizabeth and Elena Ardenzy are twin sisters and twin heiresses. Their father made his fortune and now his fortune simply must result in a lovely titled husband for each of his daughters. Good marriages aren't easy to make, even with a fortune at hand, as Elizabeth and Elena unfortunately discover. Elizabeth has almost captured Lord Redding; he seems hours away from making a formal proposal and Elizabeth is prepared to do her duty to her family by marrying him---until she meets a tall, dark stranger in the British Museum who sweeps her off her feet and makes the notion of familial duty seem very dull indeed.

Elena would be very happy to take Lord Redding off Elizabeth's hands, but she's not quite sure how to do that. With a little push in the right direction from Sophia, Lady Dalby and Anne, Lady Staverton, each heiress finds true love with the right man.