Novels

Mary Green

"Kerr’s heroine, Mary Green, delightfully combines Anne Shirley’s naivety with Emma Woodhouse’s strength of mind in a debut historical novel filled with the magic and romance of Cinderella... Her quest to figure out who she is both biological and metaphorically is a joy. Kerr uses dialogue and colloquialisms that authentically evoke the Regency era.”

— Publishers Weekly

Mary Green, obscure orphan and ward of the wealthy Hargreaves family, has always accepted her inferior position with grace, humility, and gratitude. When she discovers that her only friend is to leave the country forever, that her confidence has been betrayed by the unfeeling youngest daughter of the family, and that her very deprivation is the object of the mockery and scorn of everyone she has sought to honour, she determines to cast them off and make her own way in the world. On her twenty-first birthday, free to choose her own destiny, she dreams of peace and tolerance, and perhaps a partner who might be noble enough to love her in all her simplicity. But when an unexpected foray into London society disrupts all her plans, she is faced with an uncharacteristic storm of feelings. Will she grow strong and happy in her independence, or will her character be lost amidst her newfound ambition? Unable to trust the whims of her own heart, Mary is forced to confront the question that has forever plagued her: Who is she and where does she come from?

Follies Past: a Prequel to Pride and Prejudice

We begin almost a year before the opening of Pride and Prejudice itself, at Pemberley, at Christmas. Georgiana has just been taken from school and is preparing to transfer to London in the spring. We follow her to london, to Ramsgate, and to the brink of a perilous elopement with the charming Mr. Wickham. Lovers of Pride and Prejudice will find within these pages plenty of the familiar cast of characters, sympathetically portrayed as they might have been before ever they came to Netherfield. There are also a host of new characters to complete the tale and bring it all to life. It is a charming read, vigilant in its portrayal of the time, and in its use of language -- a truly diverting entertainment.