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* DramaticIrony: Early on in the story, when Lillian tries to convince Francis to let John in on the murder investigation, Francis utterly rejects the idea because he doesn't want John to become a target for the murderer. [[spoiler: If John becomes Lillian's love interest, he is shot by the murderer in the final chapter for barging in while the murderer holds Lillian at gunpoint after she went snooping one too many times, and spends a month in hospital as a result.]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the usually serious Dowager Viscountess has to stifle a laugh when Lillian calmly and politely verbally wipes the floor with Percy Jennings after he tries to insult her.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the usually serious Dowager Viscountess has to stifle a laugh when Lillian calmly - in a perfectly pleasant and politely polite tone - verbally wipes the floor with Percy Jennings after he tries to insult her.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the usually serious Dowager Viscountess has to stifle a laugh when Lillian calmly and politely verbally wipes the floor with Percy Jennings after he tries to insult her.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Francis and Amelia. Lillian takes Amelia's place after the latter's death.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Francis and Amelia. Lillian takes Amelia's place after the latter's death. Also true of Gemma and the Duke of Wessex.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Gemma's backstory. Over the course of the story, she reveals to Lillian that she and her husband had a secret arrangement - she agreed to acknowledge his bastard as their heir and keep the peace while he agreed not to see his mistress anymore and to give her the freedom to pursue her own affairs. It still weighs on her years after her husband's death.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Gemma's backstory. Even years later, her loveless marriage and her husband's actions still weigh on her.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Gemma's backstory. Even years later, her loveless marriage and her husband's actions still weigh on her.
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: John. And eventually, [[spoiler: Francis.]]
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: John. Amelia as well. And eventually, [[spoiler: Francis.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Francis states that he has protected John all his life. He does this while arguing that he does not want John involved in the investigation. Because that could lead to John getting hurt. Hilariously, if his behavior towards Lillian towards the end of Chapter 1 is anything to go by, John feels equally protective of Francis.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Francis states about John when explaining to Lillian why he doesn't want to involve him in the murder investigation, as that he has protected John all his life. He does this while arguing that he does not want John could put everyone involved in danger:
--> '''Francis:''' My whole life, I've protected him. From himself, from what people might think of him as someone taken in by theinvestigation. Because that could lead to John getting hurt. Hilariously, family...I don't want him brought into this.
Ironically, if his behavior towards Lillian towards the end of Chapter 1 is anything to go by, John feels equally protective ofFrancis. Francis.
--> '''Francis:''' My whole life, I've protected him. From himself, from what people might think of him as someone taken in by the
Ironically, if his behavior towards Lillian towards the end of Chapter 1 is anything to go by, John feels equally protective of
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** Once again the writers fudge inheritance laws a bit. Late in the story, Francis decides to hand his duties as heir over to John, which is reasonable and makes John something of an estate agent. Which is more difficult is the story then taking this and making it into John being the future viscount. Inheritance doesn't work like that. Peers don't choose their heirs, and adoption does not make John eligible as heir. Francis will become the next viscount, no matter his opinion on it, and if he never marries and has no legitimate children, the title would likely go to the next male heir in a paternal line (unless that particular peerage can be inherited by women in their own right, in which case it could also go to the next woman in line). That heir could well be John, as he is a distant cousin, but as he isn't stated to be dead, it would then likely go to his biological father before him.
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** Once again the writers fudge inheritance laws a bit. Late in the story, Francis decides to hand his duties as heir over to John, which is reasonable and makes John something of an estate agent. Which is more difficult is the story then taking this and making it into John being the future viscount. Inheritance doesn't work like that. Peers don't choose their heirs, and adoption does not make John eligible as heir. Francis will become the next viscount, no matter his opinion on it, and if he never marries and has no legitimate children, the title would likely go to the next male heir in a the paternal line (unless that particular peerage can be inherited by women in their own right, in which case it could also go to the next woman in line). line), i.e. first Lord Ashbourne's brother, if he has one of those, that brother's sons, or, if there is no one, his grandfather's/great-grandfather's/etc other male descendants. That heir person next in line could well be John, as he is a distant cousin, but as he isn't stated to be dead, it cousin. However, by that logic, the next heir would then likely go to his actually be John's biological father before him. father, unless he predeceases John.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There are several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets are impoverished.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** There are several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets areimpoverished.impoverished.
** Once again the writers fudge inheritance laws a bit. Late in the story, Francis decides to hand his duties as heir over to John, which is reasonable and makes John something of an estate agent. Which is more difficult is the story then taking this and making it into John being the future viscount. Inheritance doesn't work like that. Peers don't choose their heirs, and adoption does not make John eligible as heir. Francis will become the next viscount, no matter his opinion on it, and if he never marries and has no legitimate children, the title would likely go to the next male heir in a paternal line (unless that particular peerage can be inherited by women in their own right, in which case it could also go to the next woman in line). That heir could well be John, as he is a distant cousin, but as he isn't stated to be dead, it would then likely go to his biological father before him.
** There are several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets are
** Once again the writers fudge inheritance laws a bit. Late in the story, Francis decides to hand his duties as heir over to John, which is reasonable and makes John something of an estate agent. Which is more difficult is the story then taking this and making it into John being the future viscount. Inheritance doesn't work like that. Peers don't choose their heirs, and adoption does not make John eligible as heir. Francis will become the next viscount, no matter his opinion on it, and if he never marries and has no legitimate children, the title would likely go to the next male heir in a paternal line (unless that particular peerage can be inherited by women in their own right, in which case it could also go to the next woman in line). That heir could well be John, as he is a distant cousin, but as he isn't stated to be dead, it would then likely go to his biological father before him.
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--> '''John:'''It just feels like people I care for always...depart before their time. My friends in India, for instance. In order for me to gain a family, my poor parents even had to lose a daughter.
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--> '''John:'''It '''John:''' It just feels like people I care for always...depart before their time. My friends in India, for instance. In order for me to gain a family, my poor parents even had to lose a daughter.
