Madness (2 page)

The Model Mistress

Innocence

Innocence Afire

Ravished

The Model Husband

Experience

Ruthless

Madness

Beguiled

Beguiled Anew

Other Historical Romances

The Faithful Heart

The Hart and The Harp

Contemporary Romances

Heart's Desire

Star Attraction

Ghost From the Past

Madness

Book 16
 
of
The Rakehell Regency Series

Sorcha MacMurrough

Copyright 2006, 2009 by the author

All rights reserved.
 
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and storage retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Under the 1988 UK copyright laws, the author asserts the right to be identified as the creator of this work.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

ISBN: 978-1-58345-828-0

Published by HerStory Books

http://www.herstorybooks.com

Madness

Gabrielle Howell,
an orphan, trying to support herself by working with her cousin Antony at his medical clinic

Lucinda Howell,
her sister, committed to Bedlam Mental Hospital by her husband The Earl of Oxnard; she is his 4
^th
young wife in as many years.

The Earl of Oxnard,
Lucinda’s husband

Chauncey Howell,
Gabrielle and Lucinda's brother, now deceased; Randall and Isolde's worst enemy.

Antony Herriot,
Gabrielle and Lucinda's cousin, runs a clinic for the poor and fallen women in London's West End

Oliver
, Antony's medical colleague at the clinic

Clarissa
, their assistant

Angela
, Clarissa's friend, a prostitute at Bedlam

Simon
, a resident of Bedlam

Spence
, his guard in the asylum

Randall Avenel,
the Earl of Hazlemere, Gabrielle and Lucinda's cousin

Isolde Avenel
, his wife

(For their story, see
Innocence,
and
Innocence Afire
)

Michael Avenel,
Randall’s elder brother

Bryony
, his wife

(For their story, see
The Model Master
)

Lawrence Howard,
a Rakehell and tea trader recently back from India

Juliet
, his wife, a wine merchant and historian

Miranda
, her sister, an actress, admired by the Earl of Oxnard; he wants to make her his 5
^th
young wife.

George Davenant,
Miranda's special friend, a theatre owner and brothel keeper in London, said to be a criminal mastermind

Sebastian
, a Good Samaritan, and George's friend

Alistair Grant,
a Rakehell and barrister in London

Viola
, his wife, Sebastian's sister

(for their story, see
Ruthless
)

Sarah Deveril Davenport,
Jonathan’s youngest sister

Alexander Deveril, also known as Jason Alexander Davenport,
her husband, an English spy against the French, a Rakehell

(for their story, see
The Matchless Miss
)

Dr. Blake Sanderson,
a Rakehell, a doctor in London and Somerset

Arabella Neville Sanderson,
his wife

(for their story, see
Guardian of the Heart
)

Philip Marshall,
a Rakehell, works with Alistair Grant, barrister

Jasmine Marshall,
his wife, friends with Isolde

(for their story, see
The Mistaken Miss
)

Martin Jerome,
Blake's cousin, an honorary Rakehell

Eswara Paignton Jerome,
his wife, a healer from India who works with Blake

(for their story, see
The Model Mistress
)

Ash Paignton,
Eswara's son

Ellen Paignton
, his wife

(for their story, see
The Model Husband
)

(
for their story, see
The Mad Mistress
)

The Duke of Ellesmere,
Thomas Eltham, a Rakehell, lives at Eltham Castle

The Duchess of Ellesmere, Charlotte Eltham,
nee
Castlemaine,
his wife

(
for their story, see
The Missed Match
)

Jonathan Deveril,
a Rakehell, vicar of Brimley and Eltham

Pamela Deveril,
nee
Ashton,
his wife