Duchess quartet

Longing for the excitement and romance of a London season, country girl Lady Henrietta Maclellan never expected to find herself forced by scandal into marriage with the shocking Simon Darby, thanks to an impetuously written letter.

Helene, the Countess Godwin, knows there is nothing more unbearably tedious than a virtuous woman. After all, she's been one for ten long years while her scoundrel of a husband lives with strumpets and causes scandal after scandal. So she decides it's time for a change -- she styles her hair in the newest, daring mode, puts on a shockingly transparent gown, and goes to a ball like Cinderella, hoping to find a prince charming to sweep her off her feet...