Francis Somerset

Francis Somerset, a character in The Unexpected Heiress series, was Amelia's fiance and the older brother of John Somerset. He is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Francis has brown short hair, blue eyes and light skin. He wears an olive suit with a white shirt and a black tie.

Personality
According to John, Francis may be distant but he is a man of his word and will always do what's right for his family.

The Unexpected Heiress

 * Chapter 1: Windcroft Manor
 * Chapter 2: Blood Relatives
 * Chapter 3: Lay of the Land
 * Chapter 4: Roses & Thorns

John Somerset
John considers Francis to be his older brother, although technically, they are distant cousins. John had joined the family as a newborn and they have never made him feel like less. In Chapter 2, if you have Effie snoop around Francis's room, she finds a couple letters from the brothers to one another. Francis felt guilty for asking John to return for his marriage, and told John that it was his duty to marry and that he could not wander the world as John did in search of himself. Effie believes they were envious of each other's stations.

Amelia Hayes
Amelia Hayes was Francis's fiancee. In Chapter 1, Francis tells you that he loved and still loves Amelia, and is grieving for her. In Chapter 2, if you have Effie snoop around Francis's room, she finds rough drafts of love letters and scratched-out lines of poetry from Francis to Amelia. Francis hopes that she will eventually love him as he loves her. When he is London, he tells her that he misses her smiles and her laughter. Effie also finds risque sketches of Amelia in nightgowns, smiling demurely at the artist; and Effie is unsure if Amelia actually posed for him or if they are visualizations.

If you choose to eavesdrop on him during the garden party in Chapter 4, you find out that he has been investigating Amelia's death, though he has kept the investigation a secret due to insufficient evidence and concern about who might have been involved in her death. Her death was too sudden to make any logical sense. He tells you, "I truly loved Amelia. I just want to do right by her. And if someone killed her... I want them brought to justice."

Your Character
You are Amelia's younger half-sister and only remaining unmarried female of your family. As such, you find it your duty to assume your sister's place and become Francis's new fiancee. When you two meet, you are polite to each other. You see a flare of anger in Francis when you sit down on an ottoman, as it was the place Amelia would often sit and read. John apologizes for him, telling you that Francis has been quite scattered ever since Amelia's death.

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of The Unexpected Heiress.
 * He shares the same first name as Francis Cochrane from Distant Shores.
 * In Chapter 2's premium scene, Effie finds that he keeps a log of all the names and birthdays of the staff members' children.
 * In Chapter 3, he reveals he attended boarding school at Fulton and later was a student of Kingsbridge University, both of which Simon/Ava Montjoy from A Very Scandalous Proposal also attended.