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M. C. Beaton
In this Regency romance series opener by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, two chaperones must tame a boisterous young lady.
Although they still dream of getting married one day, elderly and impoverished sisters Amy and Effie Tribble must face the reality that they need money. Their plan: to market their skills as professional chaperones. With an advertisement in the newspaper offering to refine “a wild,
...At age twenty-three, the petite Lady Margery has already graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. With the one exception of Charles, the Marquess of Edgecombe, the only man who ever dances with her, Lady Margery will have nothing to do with men. What’s...
83) Minerva
Poor Minerva. Prudish, self-righteous, and incredibly beautiful, she is to be sent to London to capture a wealthy husband. But Minerva doesn’t know the first thing about flirting. The London dandies find her moralizing appalling and concoct a plan to assault...
Alice Lovesey, a poorly treated scullery maid, makes a desperate plea for help—which miraculously summons Wadham Hall’s rakish eighth duke. Summons him from the dead, that is . . .
The duke is delighted to be newly...
85) The Deception
The saga of the Beverley sisters continues as one hatches a clever plot in this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin series.
After their father gambled away Mannerling, their ancestral home, the Beverley sisters become obsessed with winning it back. Abigail’s two older sisters tried and failed, letting the responsibility fall to her. Marrying Harry Devers, the lecherous son of the manor’s present
...86) Annabelle
In this Edwardian romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, an optimistic debutante faces an unlucky season.
It’s a maiden’s miracle! Annabelle Quennell, daughter of a poor country parson, gets a chance at a London Season to snare a wealthy husband. But before she sets off, Mad Meg the Gypsy predicts trouble ahead! And it is nothing but woe that Annabelle finds. Godmother
...How could colorless Frederica, the sixth of the famous Armitage sisters, withstand a Season’s scrutiny after the five beauties before her had married so magnificently? Disguised as a chambermaid, Freddie found her way...
88) Milady in Love
A young maiden tests the patience of an English lord in this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries.
Just when he’d fobbed off the last brat, another appeared to take her place! Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to
...89) The Folly
In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin series, a maiden struggles to woo a widower.
After their father gambled away Mannerling, their family estate, three of the six Beverley daughters tried to marry strategically to regain the home but failed—marrying instead for love. Now it’s the fourth daughter’s turn. Rachel has her sights set on the estate’s
...It takes a gold-digger to know one in this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries.
When young widow Lady Lovelace realizes she has been swindled to near-bankruptcy by her curmudgeonly cousin, she knows she will have to marry again for money. These are the very thoughts of Lord Philip, who has nothing between him and destitution but his small army pension. And so, these
...91) Regency Gold
Jean Lindsay lives a rather dismal life with her nasty, drunken uncle, and has little to live on but her romantic daydreams—which frequently star the dashing Marquess of Fleetwater.
She was used to being an object of others’ ridicule. Then she received an...
Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle’s own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one...
Poor Diana! All she cares for is the hunt. But the statuesque brunette had been ordered by her father to throw off her male attire and learn the pretty ways of a marriageable miss. But not before the fair-haired Lord Dantry, encountering Diana in her disguise, invites...
What clever woman would want a man like Lord Harry Desire? Why, he was clearly a lummox—languid, vain, and bland. Not even his beautiful face could redeem him. But he stood to inherit a vast fortune, and that was good enough for Deirdre’s father, a...
The Misses Penelope Yarwood, Euphemia Perkins, and Letitia Helmsdale waste no time in smugly informing Fiona that the Marquess of Cleveden is the most eligible—and the most elusive—catch in the London marriage mart. And since society’s most dazzling...
Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful public-relations firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely.
Bored, lonely, and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest—surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only snubs her
...99) Dead on target
It's a purr-fect crime in the Cotswolds.
Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn't adjusted to village life, where the only prospect for a hot evening out is a meeting of the Ladies Society. And since her overtures toward James Lacey, the retired military man next door, have failed, Agatha jumps at the chance to visit the new vet, who is single and good-looking. Although Agatha's cat hasn't a thing wrong with him, Hodge endures having
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