Margaret Montjoy

Margaret Montjoy, a character in the A Very Scandalous Proposal book, is the matriarch of the Montjoy family and current Duchess of Wessex. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Margaret has shoulder-length gray hair and gray eyes. She wears a gray blazer and suit dress, pearl earrings, and silver and pearl necklace.

Personality
According to Simon/Ava, Margaret is "velvet on the outside but deep down, she's pure iron fist." Simon/Ava says that her sense of humor has a certain sadistic streak to it (because she dressed her grandchild in different fruit costumes when he/she was a child).

Background
As the youngest daughter of a baronet, Margaret never felt the pressure to conform to expectation when she was younger. At nineteen, she became a lounge singer and was a quite singular alto at the Firefly. She fell in love and became engaged to Gerald Montjoy. However, his family forced him to break off the engagement. When his marriage to Evelyn ended and he asked her to marry him again, she accepted.

A Very Scandalous Proposal

 * Chapter 1: The Mysterious Heir
 * Chapter 2: The Proposal (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 3: Mind your Manners
 * Chapter 4: Everyone Who's Anyone
 * Chapter 5: Secrets of the Estate
 * Chapter 7: Apartment Hunting (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 8: The Royal Ascot
 * Chapter 9: The Charity Gala
 * Chapter 10: Treachery Afoot
 * Chapter 11: The Plot Thickens
 * Chapter 12: United Front
 * Chapter 13: Facing the Music
 * Chapter 15: Weathering the Storm
 * Chapter 16: The Next Generation

Gerald Montjoy
Gerald Montjoy is Margaret's husband. In Chapter 11 when you research into their past, you find out that they were in love when they married. In Chapter 12 if you best Arabella at archery, she tells you that Gerald and Mitzi were engaged before his first marriage. His parents did not approve of their match and forced him to break it off; he did and married Evelyn Thiselthwaite, but after 3 months, they divorced. Mitzi took him back and they married shortly after.

Simon/Ava Montjoy
Simon/Ava is Margaret's grandchild. She is concerned about the future of the family, and discusses her concerns with her grandchild in the Barrington House greenhouses. She gives Simon/Ava an ultimatum: to repair his/her public reputation and settle down with someone or she and her husband will rewrite their wills to name Hugo as their heir instead.

In Chapter 15, when it is revealed that Tommy was behind the Daily Star article, she berates Simon/Ava for being associated with him. Her reasoning is that since Tommy's father was caught in the embezzlement scandal a couple years ago, it is in Tommy's 'breeding' to act unscrupulous as well. You stand up for Simon/Ava and his/her judgement with friends. Later, you learn that when Simon/Ava's parents passed away, Margaret and Gerald did their best in raising him/her. Even though his/her parents wanted to raise Simon/Ava differently, bring him/her to see the world and open his/her eyes, Margaret and Gerald could not do that. They didn't know how and fell back into their own tried-and-true ways. Still, Simon/Ava is the best of his/her parents, grown into a promising young man/woman.

Your Character
During the course of the book, you can improve your relationship with her by your choices. In Chapter 11, if you improve your relationship with her and have tea with her in the premium scene, she tells you that she believes you but you need proof of your innocence for Gerald. In Chapter 15, she tells you that Simon/Ava's parents wanted to raise him/her differently -travel the world and see how other people can lead happy lives, but due to their passing, she and Gerald raised Simon/Ava in the manner that they knew how. You bring up ways to improve Barrington's financial situation and allow people to feel connected to Barrington, and she gives you the chance to prove yourself.

Trivia

 * Her title card changes to "Mitzi Montjoy" when your character is introduced to her.
 * Her favorite singer is Billie Holiday.
 * She shares the same name as Margaret Blake from The Crown &amp; The Flame series, Margaret Sterling from Veil of Secrets, and Margaret Valborne from The Duchess Affair.
 * Her character model resembles The Fate from Nightbound.