In the orphanage, the brides learned to pick locks and tell lies. In New York society, the grooms learned to hide who they really were. Thrown together in marriages of convenience, how can they possibly succeed?

DEARLY BELOVED is the complete collection of Constance Kent's Foundling Brides of Brooklyn novella series. Set in 1890, New York's Gilded Age, four orphaned women raised in Brooklyn Foundling Home are joined in marriages of convenience to four handsome, clever and complex men, and find love against all odds. With settings in New York, Newport, Maine and Long Island, lovers of Gilded Age romance will enjoy this warm, light-hearted romantic collection.