Lois McMaster Bujold

I got lent three books by cricketk and damn it was good fun, I read about a book a day, slept reluctantly and far less than I should have and made poor ascetic_hedony listen to out of context quotes when I wasn't quite able to not share.

Drama! Action! Romance! Witty Comments! Disastrous Dinner Parties! Butterbugs!

Memory Miles hits thirty; thirty hits back.
Komarr Emperor Gregor dispatches Miles to Komarr to investigate a space accident, where he finds old politics and new technology make a deadly mix.
A Civil Campaign The Emperor's wedding sparks romance and intrigue on Barrayar, and Miles plunges up to his neck in both.

I'm not sure I'll be able to confine myself to borrowing, these ones are keepers.

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