M. C Beaton
81) 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
...82) 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
...83) 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
...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...
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...
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
...New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin―now the star of a hit TV show―is back on the case again.
The idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna is best known for the medieval church of St. Ethelred and its bells, which are the pride and glory of the whole community.
As the bell-ringers get ready for the visit of the dashing Bishop Peter Salver-Hinkley, the whole village is thrown into a
...90) Dead on Target
91) Hot to trot
Almost bigamy and absolute murder—Agatha Raisin's life is never dull.
The morning of Agatha's longed-for marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. It's all too much for James, who breaks off the engagement. So when Jimmy is found murdered the next day, Agatha and James
...Agatha Raisin, retired PR supremo, has been spurned at the altar by the man of her dreams—her attractive neighbor James Lacey. So temporarily deserting the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely, she pursues her fleeing fianc├® to north Cyprus, where, instead of enjoying a romantic honeymoon, they witness the killing of an obnoxious tourist in a disco. Can the duo forget their differences and resume their strangely successful sleuthing
...Recently married to James Lacey, the witty and fractious Agatha Raisin quickly finds that marriage, and love, are not all they are cracked up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the newlyweds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. After a particularly raucous fight in the local pub, James suddenly vanishes—a bloodstain the only clue to his fate—and Agatha is the prime suspect.
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