Commotion reigns at the Poor Relation hotel when two unwelcome ladies create chaos among the established order of things!

Sir Philip Sommerville is quite the antique, but not too old to bring home a paramour: fat, vulgar and greedy Mrs Budge who, the other poor relations are agreed upon, has to go.

And then there is Lady Carruthers, a highly rouged widow who passes off her grown daughter, Arabella, as a school miss while setting her own cap for the young Earl of Denby, despite the fact that young Arabella is quite smitten with the dashing golden-haired earl! So once again it is up to the other poor relations to straighten out the course of true love...

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Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series; now a major new drama from Sky 1

Commotion reigns at the Poor Relation hotel when two unwelcome ladies create chaos among the established order of things!

Sir Philip Sommerville is quite the antique, but not too old to bring home a paramour: fat, vulgar and greedy Mrs Budge who, the other poor relations are agreed upon, has to go.

And then there is Lady Carruthers, a highly rouged widow who passes off her grown daughter, Arabella, as a school miss while setting her own cap for the young Earl of Denby, despite the fact that young Arabella is quite smitten with the dashing golden-haired earl! So once again it is up to the other poor relations to straighten out the course of true love . . .


Praise for M. C. Beaton

'A delightful tale . . . romance fans are in for a treat.' Booklist

'[M. C. Beaton] is the best of the Regency writers.' Kirkus

'This is a charming and humorous Regency recommended for those who enjoy light-hearted historical romance.' Publishers Weekly

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The fourth episode in M.C Beaton's witty and fun Regency Romance series The Poor Relation.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781780333205
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Little, Brown Book Group; Constable
Vekt
41 gr
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
108 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

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M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky. M.C. Beaton's legacy continues as her good friend and fellow author R. W. Green has taken on the mantle of writing more crime novels featuring her two most beloved creations, Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth.