Ladies in Waiting Series by Louise M. Gouge

She Has Nothing Left but Faith...  With her father's death, Anna Newfield loses everything-her home, her inheritance and her future. Her only piece of good fortune is a job offer from wounded major Edmond Grenville, whose mother requires a companion. The Dowager Lady Drayton is controlling and unwelcoming, but Anna can enjoy Edmond's company, even if she knows the aristocratic war hero could never return her love... moreShe Has Nothing Left but Faith...  With her father's death, Anna Newfield loses everything-her home, her inheritance and her future. Her only piece of good fortune is a job offer from wounded major Edmond Grenville, whose mother requires a companion. The Dowager Lady Drayton is controlling and unwelcoming, but Anna can enjoy Edmond's company, even if she knows the aristocratic war hero could never return her love. Even amid the glittering ballrooms of London, nothing glows brighter for Edmond than Anna's gentle courage. Loving her means going against his family's rigid command. Yet how can he walk away, when his heart may have found its true companion? less

Lady Beatrice Gregory has beauty, brains—and a wastrel brother. With her family fortune squandered, her only chance of a Season is as a lowly companion. London's glittering balls and parties are bittersweet when Beatrice has no hope of a match. Still, helping Lord Greystone with his charitable work brings her genuine pleasure…perhaps more than she dares to admit... moreLady Beatrice Gregory has beauty, brains—and a wastrel brother. With her family fortune squandered, her only chance of a Season is as a lowly companion. London's glittering balls and parties are bittersweet when Beatrice has no hope of a match. Still, helping Lord Greystone with his charitable work brings her genuine pleasure…perhaps more than she dares to admit.Even when every marriageable miss in London is paraded before him, the only woman to capture Lord Greystone's attention is the one he shouldn't pursue. Attaching himself to a ruined family would jeopardize his ambitions. Yet Lady Beatrice may be the only wife to suit his lord's heart. less

Catherine du Coeur plots revenge against a baron, Lord Winston, who falsified evidence accusing her father of treason, which sent the French comte into hiding to avoid execution. With a trusted friend’s help, Catherine assumes a false identity and takes a position as the lowly companion to a wealthy widow related to the baron. But the closer she comes to Lord Winston, the more she begins to doubt that the seemingly upright gentleman could have such evil in his heart... moreCatherine du Coeur plots revenge against a baron, Lord Winston, who falsified evidence accusing her father of treason, which sent the French comte into hiding to avoid execution. With a trusted friend’s help, Catherine assumes a false identity and takes a position as the lowly companion to a wealthy widow related to the baron. But the closer she comes to Lord Winston, the more she begins to doubt that the seemingly upright gentleman could have such evil in his heart. As for her own traitorous heart, she struggles not to surrender it to the handsome baron. When Lord Winston meets Miss Catherine Hart, his kinswoman’s lovely companion, he is charmed by her grace and beauty. Assured by his mentor that her family’s pedigree matches his own, he decides to court her in earnest. But while his political ambitions are prospering, his courtship is subject to the whims of the lady. One moment she is warm and witty, the next, cool and distant. Is she troubled by some secret distress, or simply toying with his growing affections? Only when he and Miss Hart are in mortal danger do they realize that love will rescue them both. less