First Comes Marriage is Book I of a new quintet involving the Huxtable family-three sisters, a brother, and a male second cousin At the start of this book Margaret and Katherine, the eldest and youngest sistабюмшers, are living with their young brother Stephen in a modest cottage in a small English country village Their widowed sister, Vanessa Dew, lives with her in-laws at nearby Rundle Park But life is about to change dramatically for all of them when Viscount Lyngate arriавсрфves unexpectedly on Valentine's Day, bringing the startlingly unexpected news that Stephen has just inherited an earldom All four siblings begin a new life at Warren Hall, Stephen's principal seat There they find a second cousin they have never met Constantine Huxtable is the elder brother of the young earl who just died, but he could not inherit himself because he was born two days before his parents married and so was officially illegitimate Con will weave his enigmatic way throавчзчugh the first four books before having his own story in the fifth.