The Respectable Improprieties of Miss Verity Hartwell

An Edwardian Romantic Hostorical Comedy of Love, Secrets and Scandal

Miss Verity Hartwell is a thoroughly respectable woman.

At least, that is what Edwardian London believes.

From her elegant Bloomsbury home, Verity leads an impeccably ordered life: unmarried, independent and entirely above suspicion. Elsewhere, behind a discreet Soho door, she is known as Miss Selene, a discreet confidante to ladies and gentlemen whose private desires are considerably less respectable than their public reputations.

For eight years, the arrangement has worked perfectly.

Then an ambitious newspaper editor decides that London deserves to know the truth about the mysterious Miss Selene, and sends journalist Stanley Weatherby to uncover it.

Stanley is charming, persistent and far more perceptive than Verity would like. As his investigation edges ever closer to the truth, an unexpected acquaintance threatens to blur the line between duty and desire, honesty and deception.

How long can a life built on carefully guarded secrets remain hidden? And what happens when the greatest danger is not being discovered, but discovering something you never intended to lose?

Wickedly witty, deliciously improper and brimming with sparkling dialogue, memorable characters and irresistible romantic tension, The Respectable Improprieties of Miss Verity Hartwell is an Edwardian romantic comedy about love, identity and the courage to live life on your own terms.