M. C Beaton
After her husband’s death, Lady Fortescue knows she must work, even though the thought will appal her society relatives. So she decides to transform her once-grand Bond Street home into a hotel, the Poor Relation, offering society guests...
Due to a bad wager by one of its founders, the popular Poor Relation hotel is in financial trouble. Fortunately, founder Colonel Sandhurst has a plan. Offering the hotel as a sanctuary to a bride running from her...
The Poor Relation, a hotel run by impoverished aristocrats, is in need of money to survive. Widow Eliza Budley wants to help save her new home, but with her fortune lost due to her deceased husband’s gambling...
Sir Philip has fallen in love. But has the old man lost his mind? His colleagues at the popular hotel, the Poor Relation, have to wonder. The smitten nobleman has installed his paramour at the hotel—and he’s the only...
Life is finally looking up for the eccentric owners of London’s Poor Relation hotel. The Prince of Wales’s coat of arms gleams over the entrance. All but one of the rooms are filled by the open-handed Prince Hugo...
New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin—now the star of a hit show on Acorn TV and public television—is beloved by millions and this short story takes readers back to where it all began with Agatha's first case.
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
Quiet, reserved Miss Constance Lamberton came to the household of the haughty but beautiful Lady Amelia to serve as the lady’s chaperone throughout the season’s many festivities—and soon found herself an unwitting accomplice in the lady’s scheme to trap the...
The Poor Relation is a London hotel owned and run by high society’s down and out. When it burns to the ground, the genteel paupers who work there hatch a plan to save their golden goose. Enter Lady Tonks, a spinster about to shed her meek and mousy image by posing...
The first book in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Agatha Raisin series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.
Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and settles in for an early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. But she soon finds her life of leisure isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Bored, lonely, and used to getting her
In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, one little kiss causes big trouble for a debutante.
The formidable but lovable spinster sisters, Amy and Effie Tribble are back with their salty exchanges and impossible schemes. Earning their livings by sponsoring young girls and finding them husbands, they take on the case of Delilah, a beautiful, mindlessly flirtatious country
...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...
12) Perfecting Fiona
In this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a Scottish heiress has a way with men that drives them…away.
Amy and Effie Tribble make their living refining difficult, spoiled, and awkward young women into prime marriage material. But they are rather perplexed by their latest client, Scottish heiress Fiona McCloud. Beautiful, demure, and refined, Fiona has received several offers of marriage,
...A country maiden and a jaded lord form a secret friendship in this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries.
As the youngest of four unmarried vicar’s daughters, Frederica fears her destiny is to die of tedium in the sleepy village of Barton Sub Edge. Her looks are deemed “unfortunate,” and her willful manner labeled her “difficult.” She never dreamt the arrival of a stranger
...14) Sweet Masquerade
Freddie Armstrong, an eighteen-year-old boy, is joining the earl of Berham's household. It's the earl's duty to serve as guardian, even though he doesn't feel enthusiastic about taking on the responsibility. But when he finds out that Freddie is actually Frederica, the...
15) The Adventuress
The house at 67 Clarges Street in Mayfair has a new pair of renters—pretty, young Emily Goodenough and the silent, mysterious man she calls her uncle. Emily is in London to find a husband—though her awkwardness in society could prove...
Fanny and Charles were pushed into marriage by their families—each mistakenly thinking the other would be a source of wealth. In truth, everyone involved is penniless . . . and now the couple is left to pick up the pieces.
Charles is on a gentlemanly quest to find...
Poor Lucy was living a dream—a bad one. One could even say a nightmare. She had married a gambler, a womanizer, and a drunkard. And she refused to admit that his frequent overnight absences were of any significance. The sting came when it was revealed that Lucy's parents had "bought" her...
18) Plain Jane
Number 67 Clarges Street—a good address in London’s elegant Mayfair with a dubious past and a lovably eccentric staff—is where the Hart sisters are taking up residence for the season. Beautiful and socially ambitious...
19) My Dear Duchess
Henry Wright, the Duke of Westerland, is in desperate need of a wife. Without one, the dashing bachelor will lose the legacy he desires. Luckily, with time running out, he finds a young woman who is equally in need of a husband.
Lovely but sheltered Miss Frederica Sayers has finally escaped from...
20) Animating Maria
In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a young lady’s parents hinder her chances at marriage.
Amy and Effy Tribble can't believe their luck. After four seasons spent molding intractable, wayward, or just plain frumpy young women into marriage material, their fifth Season in the chaperone business brings them a dream client. Maria Kendall, is beautiful,
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