She was born in America, the daughter of a wealthy American businessman, Gerald Mayfair, and a beauty of London Society, Elizabeth Weatherington. They met and fell in love when Gerald sailed to England on business. They married in London, and Elizabeth followed her husband to America, New York, where their first and only child, Emmaline was born. She was raised in a loving home and given the best of everything. Of course Elizabeth taught her daughter the social graces of a proper English lady.

Her parents sent her to London to escape the unwanted and obsessive advances of a suiter, a one time business partner of her Father.

Emma was taken in by her mothers maiden aunt, Lady Penelope Weatherington, who introduced her to Society and mothered the girl as if she were her own. When Lady Penelope passed away, she left her estate and much of her fortune to her great niece, ensuring that Emma would be well taken care of. The only thing she'd failed to ensure for the girl was a husband.

Emma is a proper young woman, kind to everyone. She can be a little impulsive at times, but doesn't go looking for trouble. Trouble however, sometimes finds her.