M. C. Beaton
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The poor relation volume 2
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The oddly assorted group met some time ago. All of them were poor relations, the genteel paupers of society, living on little more than their dignity. They banded together and started the Poor Relation hotel, hoping to be bought out by their embarrassed relations. Though as the hotel prospered, they began to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But once more they are in need of funds.
To stoop to crime in their days of poverty was one thing, but to turn...
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The poor relation volume 1
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Life is not easy for the poor relations of England's upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together. Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if they were to transform her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering their guests the pleasure of being waited upon by nobility? With the help of other down-and-out aristocrats, they do just that, and London's newest hotel, the Poor Relation, is born.
The establishment...
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The poor relation volume 6
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Life is finally looking up for the poor relations. The Prince of Wales' coat of arms gleams over the hotel entrance. All but one of the rooms are filled by the open-handed Prince Hugo and his entourage. The owners have taken on a new partner, Mr. Jason Davy, a popular actor. Even curmudgeonly Sir Philip hasn't uttered anything loathsome for days. They have finally reached a position comfortable enough to allow them to consider offers to buy the hotel.
The...
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Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 9
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From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A TRAVELING MAN: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery.
Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He has-horrors!-been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish smells trouble, and he's right as usual. The doctor's drugs go missing. Money vanishes. Neighbors...
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At age twenty six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leaving the Birmingham slum where she was born. She's lost her Birmingham accent, run away from her drunken husband, and found a job at a public relations office as a secretary. Then her boss asks Agatha to go to the home of Brian Devese to tell him that he is soon going to be arrested for the murder of his wife and that the agency no longer wants to represent...
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The poor relation volume 5
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Bringing Regency England vibrantly to life, the fifth volume in the Poor Relation series follows the escapades of Colonel Sandhurst as he helps a young woman avoid an unwanted marriage.
Owing to an unfortunate wager made by Sir Philip, the poor relations are once again scrounging around for a plan for solvency. This time it is Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue. After happening on Sir Randolph's lovely daughter Frederica, who is running away to escape...
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The poor relation volume 4
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Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue swears great oaths and says the woman is probably related to half the costermongers in London and certainly does not possess one rich relative. Mrs. Budge does nothing but eat all day and refuses to do any work around the hotel. Worst of all, Miss Tonks seems to...
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Travelling matchmaker volume 4
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Lady Beatrice Marsham has finally been widowed from her husband-and now her family is trying to saddle her with another, equally awful one. She has no choice but to flee by stagecoach to the Brighton seaside-where she meets Miss Hannah Pym, who is determined to find her a proper match. The traveling matchmaker has a candidate in mind: Lord Alistair Munro. But he has heard the gossip about Lady Beatrice. According to the ton, she is nothing but a heartless...
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The poor relation volume 3
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The loveable characters from the Poor Relation Hotel return in this sparkling and adventurous Regency romance from M. C. Beaton.
Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. So when the poor relations need to acquire some valuables to keep the hotel afloat and Eliza draws the short straw, Lady Fortescue reminds the others that Mrs. Budley has no relatives on whom she can call. Gentle Mrs. Budley thinks she has escaped...
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A long-engaged couple is about to wed out of a sense of duty- but someone has other plans in a rollicking Regency by the New York Times—bestselling author.
Mary and the earl have been promised to each other for a decade- and after a long separation- the time has finally come for them to go through with it, in spite of the fact that their ardor has cooled. Anything else would be dishonorable...
But, Mary's sister, Emily, believes the marriage would...
11) Perfecting Fiona
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The redoubtable Tribble sisters are almost outfoxed by a young lady thrown on the London marriage mart, as they undertake another enterprise of matchmaking. Fiona McCloud, an implacable beauty, seems averse to marriage and is adept at dispatching would-be suitors for her hand and fortune. Her attitude undergoes a sea change with the appearance of rakish Lord Harvard. As he attempts to gain the approval of the Tribbles, a cast of familiar characters...
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A princess with a secret in a Regency caper that captures the heart from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series. London is all on edge and astir to have in its midst the exquisite Princess Felicity of Brasnia. If only the nobility knew that the bejeweled heir to a royal throne is in truth Miss Felicity Channing of Cornwall, fleeing a match, she does not want and that has been arranged by her conniving stepfather...
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When an intimate secret ruins a young bride's wedding, all she can do is follow her heart in the New York Times—bestselling author's Regency romance.
Lovely Alice Lacey is a true Incomparable, and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrant is set to be the event of the Season. No one knows that she secretly loves someone else. No one, that is, but a clever talking mynah bird, who announces her intimacies at the worst possible moment!
Now Alice's marriage...
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Miss Jennie Bemyss was in a position that any intelligent young lady would envy. The wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington proposed a marriage of convenience that would leave him free to pursue his pleasures, and leave Jennie free of his undoubtedly depraved desires. At the same time, handsome charming Guy Chalmers, whom Jennie had loved since childhood, proposed to aid her in enjoying her freedom to the fullest. Jennie should have felt relief at...
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A flirtatious young lady meets the ultimate challenge in her strict new guardian in the New York Times—bestselling author's charming Regency romance.
Miss Patricia Patterson is young, lovely, and more than a little spoiled. Life for her is a delightful dream of carefree days, dazzling balls, and delicious flirtations. But, that all changes when she suddenly comes under the care of a new guardian.
Lord Charles demanded that Patricia act the part...
16) Penelope
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Penelope-golden-haired, azure-eyed, fresh from the county-has stolen the heart of the most desirable Earl of Hestleton. Rich, startlingly handsome, he is the most eligible lord in the realm. He had planned to toy with her affections then toss her to the bon ton, but when the Earl discovers that he is a pawn in Penelope's Aunt Augusta's social-climbing scheme, he begins to doubt Penelope's true love. Can the belle keep her beau or will her aunt's ambitious...
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Opposites attract-and strike a delicious bargain in a Regency romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Traveling Matchmaker series. The handsome, wealthy Marquess of Rockingham is the most notorious man in London, as infamous for his violent temper as he is for his intemperate ways. Miss Lucinda Westerville is a country vicar's daughter, as innocent as she is lovely and as proper as a young lady can possibly be. Yet when this improbably...
18) The Banishment
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Daughters of Mannerling volume 1
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Isabella Beverley is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish and haughtiest of families. And when her father gambles away their fortune--including Mannerling, the exquisite family mansion--Isabella discovers there is very little sympathy for her plight. As the eldest, Isabella is chosen to court Mr. Judd, the roguish bachelor who won Mannerling. Surely no sacrifice is too great to regain Mannerling?...
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A handsome Lord finds his perfectly proper life upended by a spirited young beauty in the New York Times bestselling author's Regency romance.
From the top of his flawlessly groomed head to the waxed tips of his fashionable shoes, Lord Andrew Childe is every inch the perfect gentleman. And now that he's set to marry a sensible match, he'll be everything a man of his station is supposed to be. So why is his arrogant composure almost always shattered...
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The last unwed sister unites the Armitage clan in a husband quest. Regency series from the New York Times-bestselling author.
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 into the household of the fashionable Duke of Pembury. That wild gentleman was soon on to her tricks and...