Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard, a character in The Unexpected Heiress series, is the Baron Pritchard and part of the Somersets' aristocratic social circle. He is first seen in Chapter 4.

Appearance
Stephen has brown eyes, short brown hair, and tan skin. He wears a brown pin-stripe three-piece suit with white dress shirt and maroon and gold silk tie. He also has a matching maroon pocketsquare and wears an oval wire-framed pair of glasses.

Personality
Stephen is laid-back and polite. The dowager says he isn't the best conversationalist although he means well. For him, the perfect Sunday would be him reading the newspaper, playing chess, and having a nice cup of tea.

The Unexpected Heiress

 * Chapter 4: Roses & Thorns
 * Chapter 5: Without a Trace (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 7: Belle of the Ball
 * Chapter 9: The Cause (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Power Play
 * Chapter 11: Upper Echelon
 * Chapter 12: The Hunter and the Prey
 * Chapter 13: Raising the Stakes
 * Chapter 14: Buried Truths
 * Chapter 15: Reckoning
 * Chapter 16: The Bride

Nicolette Pritchard
Nicolette is his wife and he is head over heels in love with her. They had met in a ball similar to the one thrown by the Whittenbys and he feels grateful that she agreed to spend her life with him. He thought she was the most stunning debutante and has always been more of the 'catch' between the two of them. She says that she adores him as well. According to Dowager Ashbourne, he worships the ground his wife walks on, even if she doesn't deserve it. According to Marquess Huntsbury, he is the one who is titled and thus when they married, she became a baroness through him.

At Ambassador Liam Worthington's dinner party, if you decide to play a round of Imposter with them, he says that Stephen once serenaded Nicolette with a full string orchestra. She admits to them being so different in personality that it is a wonder they get along at all. Gemma believes however that Nicolette takes Stephen's kindness for granted now that she already has the title.

Your Character
You meet Lord Pritchard at the garden party. You earn his approval by acting with decorum.

Amelia Hayes
If asked, he states that sometimes he would play a game of chess with Amelia when she was in a quieter mood. She sometimes confided in him that she felt trapped, that she wished her life was a chess game so there would be a possibility of winning. She had written to someone to help alleviate her feelings, but Stephen refuses to identify that person.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles Ben Wilkins from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 3.
 * He shares his first name with Stephen Flores from the High School Story series and Stephen from The Freshman series.
 * He shares his surname with Cora Pritchard from It Lives In The Woods.
 * You note that he and his wife are both in their forties.