to my mom , mary simpson saccardi , for a lifetime of love and for introducing me to the regency world of georgette heyer table of contents reader letter prologue chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 the braedon family series titles meet mary blayney reader letter dear reader , the braedon family series are my first five regency romances , originally written in between 2001 and 2004 .