Being Lady M is a modern romance novel featuring contemporary characters leading eventful lives and interacting with colorful friends and family. The central characters, Marilla Van Buren and Jared Hightower, while very much in love, are a power couple dedicated to helping others. The respective business interests take them to Boston, New York, Paris and Rome intersecting in the lives of talented and urbane people along the way. The novel is multi-generational showcasing women who start out with some impediments to their pursuit of happiness in both their careers and love life but with the intervention of Marilla Van Buren and her husband, they ascend to unexpected heights. The action takes place in sophisticated locales in the world's great cities as well as in luxurious country settings. Marilla's Lady M fashion houses contribute glamour and high drama for the enjoyment of readers.