Mary Russell, an intelligent young woman, becomes the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes.

Story of American beauties questing for British titles and the dukes, lords, and marquesses of England questing for American dollars in late nineteenth century New York.

Two sisters, one practical and conventional and the other emotional and sentimental, find that only through compromise of their mutual differences can they get along and find the husbands they wish.

Continues the plot and characters developed by Austen, focusing on the third sister, Margaret, and her personal metamorphosis.

Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.