Clare Wille
1) Cotillion
The bestselling Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, brings her signature wit and humor to this fake engagement love story, with charming results.
A most unusual hero
Freddy is immensely rich, of course, and not bad-looking, but he's mild-mannered, a bit hapless—not anything like his virile, handsome, rakish cousin Jack...
A heroine in a difficult situation
Young
...Margaret's safe existence is turned upside down when she has to move to the grim northern town of Milton. Not only does she have her eyes opened by the poverty and hardship she encounters there, but she is thrown into confusion by stern factory owner John Thornton - whose treatment of his workers brings them into fierce opposition.
As men and women, workers and masters come into violent conflict, it seems opposites can never meet. But do John
4) Cranford
Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss
...Prey to Gothic sensibilities, Miss Lenora Breckinridge is smitten with the air of tragedy and romance surrounding an abandoned mansion. Convinced that she is fated to become its mistress, she sets out to find the master, secure in the belief that he will fall madly in love with her and they will use her fortune to restore the manor together.
Mr. James Ingles is disillusioned by the short hand fate has continually dealt him, but goes
...Just when Tom Breckinridge has decided to propose marriage to Diana Marshall, a rival has come out of the woodwork: Reginald Popplewell, a childhood neighbor of Diana's, and now heir to a viscountcy. Diana's father much prefers Reginald, but Tom believes Reginald has something to hide.
When Mrs. Marshall invites Tom to a house party at their home near Brighton, Tom finds even more to dislike about "dear Reggie," but Diana won't hear
...7) Forlorn Hope
Book 3 of the Branwell Chronicles (347 pages)
A grand error lost her to him once. Given a second chance, will one unwise mistake lose her to him forever?
"Judith Hale Everett is one of the most original authors in the Regency genre." —Mary Kingswood (author of the Silver Linings series)
Captain Geoffrey Mantell has tried to be the friend Miss Emily Chandry never had, but it is a long
...8) Oroonoko
Cambridge, Christmas 1922
Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie's past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she finds herself taking on a new case which is positively teeming with ghosts, shadows and secrets, where nothing is quite what it seems.
In a quest to find out what happened to Dr William
...London, 1923
As England swelters during the hottest summer on record, Posie Parker, Private Detective, is summoned to Worton Hall Film Studios, where she steps into the heart of a sinister new mystery.
Silvia Hanro, the famously beautiful movie star, has received death threats alongside her morning coffee, and Posie is tasked with protecting her. Aided by her good friends Lady Dolly Cardigeon and Chief Inspector
...Bonfire Night, November 1924
Posie Parker once failed a client. And now that client is dead.
Elsie Moncreiff, a Housekeeper, has fallen from the White Cliffs of England in a howling storm. But the question is, was it bad luck, or was it murder?
Armed with just her guilty conscience and a less-than-helpful Sergeant Rainbird for company, Posie vows to get to the bottom of things. But
...New Year's Eve, 1921
Posie has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year's Eve party at Maypole Manor, the clifftop home of Lord Robin Glaysayer. Among the twelve guests are a famous film star, an artist, an Italian nobleman, a government spy and a clairvoyant.
With a blizzard raging outside, when a killer
...Marriage is Murder? (Book 9)
Posie Parker is finally getting married!
The date is Saturday 6th December, 1924. It's snowing heavily outside, but in the little white Swiss Church in London, packed to the rafters with beautifully-dressed guests, everything is just right. All is going to plan. Or is it?
Don't miss this short story. Goes perfectly
...Valentine's Day, 1921
When Posie Parker's childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will clear his name. Aided by her seriously gorgeous assistant Len, Posie soon realizes things are not quite as they seem, and the darkly-glamorous world of London's theatre and glittering nightclubs
...A GLAMOROUS PERFUME LAUNCH WHICH REEKS OF NOTHING BUT DEATH...
London, Midsummer, 1925
London is in bloom and the sun is shining. But trouble is lurking around the corner...
Posie Parker, has been summoned to Chelsea, to the House of Sinne, the fashionable London perfume house.
Anouk Sinne, the most brilliant perfumier of her age, has been receiving blackmail demands, and asks Posie to investigate,
...Sometimes the truth is as slippery as a mermaid...
December, 1925
A dark, smog-filled London doesn't seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London's premier female Private Detective receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends; Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon.
Summoned to 'The Mermaid', an ancient hotel in Rye, on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with
...March, 1925
Pregnant, bored, and longing for an adventure, Posie Parker accepts a rather last-minute Wedding Invitation from an old friend who is getting married out in the gorgeous town of San Gimignano, Tuscany.
But what Posie -and her husband, Richard Lovelace- arrive into is not a blissfully happy wedding party at all. It's a chaotic mix
...WHO SAYS CHRISTMAS HAS TO BE COZY?
Christmas Eve, 1923
Prepare for tales of unexplained murders, long-concealed mysteries, strange visitors in the night, and a secret in Posie's own past which haunts her to this very day...Join Posie Parker, London's premier female Private Detective, and Chief Inspector Lovelace of New Scotland Yard as they spend Christmas Eve at Rebburn Abbey, home of the Earl and Countess of Cardigeon.
...Summer 1921
Posie Parker thought she was about to enjoy a restful summer. But this is no ordinary summer holiday...
When famous explorer Alaric Boynton-Dale disappears, Posie uncovers many dark secrets: an aristocratic family torn apart by hatred, a bizarre murder at an English country house, and a cryptic clue left behind by Alaric which is sweet as honey, but
...London, 1924
Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet.
Amyas Lyle, London's top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater.
It's the perfect murder. But who hated him enough to do such a thing?
Following a trail of strange notes, all of which speak of the sea, and saltwater, Posie travels from London to the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, looking
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