Credit and Character

Eliza Williams arrives in London with two thousand pounds, a weakness for novels, and every intention of enjoying herself. Raised at Delaford by Colonel Brandon and his wife, Marianne, she is ready for balls, handsome partners, and a husband who will not object to a house full of books.

She is less prepared to discover how carefully society has already calculated her worth.

As the truth of her birth emerges, invitations and attentions take on an uncomfortable new meaning. An admirer's charm may conceal an insult. A father's generosity may come too late. And Mr. Ashcombe, whose company she increasingly prefers, has prospects uncertain enough to make affection a very imprudent investment.

Among old secrets, new attachments, and the determined matchmaking of Mrs. Jennings, Eliza must decide whose judgment she can trust-and what kind of life she is willing to choose for herself.

A witty, warm-hearted continuation of Sense and Sensibility, Credit and Character returns to the Dashwoods' world for a new generation's reckoning with love, money, and the cost of respectability.