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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.Determined to clear her name and...
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Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.
When a fortune teller from a previous case informs Agatha Raisin that her destiny-and true love-lies in Norfolk, she promptly rents a cottage in the quaint village of Fryfam. No sooner does she arrive than strange things start happening. Random objects
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Agatha hasn't quite adjusted to the pace of village life, or to the failures of her overtures to her handsome neighbor, James Lacey. Since the new vet in town is young and good looking, Agatha's perfectly healthy tabby endures a nasty physical exam in the name of romance. When the vet is found dead, Agatha convinces James that playing amateur detective might be fun-until snooping becomes a motivation for murder …
7) Silken Bonds
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Wooing a Waverly sister leads to an unforgettable Regency romp in this romance from the New York Times-bestselling author of The First Rebellion.
Though it was true, Frederica chafed at the restricted life she lived as the adopted daughter of the infamous bluestocking Mrs. Waverly, she did, however, agree with Mrs. Waverly's philosophy. She knew that until the day men stopped preferring lisping dimwits over intellectual equals, Frederica would...
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The third Waverley sister meets her match in a dazzling Regency romance from the New York Times-bestselling author of The First Rebellion and Silken Bonds.
By day Felicity championed women's rights, but by night she dreamed of romance. She was the secret author of a scandalous new novel-the tale of a lady "rake" and her passionate exploits. Yet one titled gentleman grew more and more intrigued with this headstrong young woman, and Felicity would...
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The author of Minerva continues her Six Sisters series with the story of the spirited Annabelle.
Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle's own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one as Sylvester.
Alas for Annabelle, Comfrey seemed to care for her not a jot. Determined to get a bit of her own back,...
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"The shy Miss Yvonne Grenier, a beautiful fugitive of the French Revolution, is quite terrified when a dangerous enemy boards her stage to York. Luckily, Miss Hannah Pym is also on board. Ever the matchmaker, Miss Pym sees the answer to Yvonne's plight in the hands and heart of another passenger the Marquis of Ware. Handsome and tailored to perfection, the marquis birth and fortune are armor enough to defend Yvonne. Although the girl is of the French...
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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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"New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-now the star of a hit T.V. show-is back on the case again. When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite...
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"A dead employer's legacy of five thousand pounds allows spinster Hannah Pym to resign from housekeeping and find adventure traveling the English countryside by coach. But the adventure soon finds Miss Pym in the form of runaway brides, spirited heiresses, and international refugees, who continue to test her expert matchmaking skills. No sooner does Miss Pym board her next stagecoach than she finds herself embroiled in the plight of Miss Belinda Earle,...
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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...
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The charms of a rumored rake prove irresistible in this captivating Regency from the New York Times—bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries.
As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, Lucy Bliss was told she'd make an excellent clergyman's wife. Her mother, however, had loftier aspirations for her lovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke. More specifically, the Duke of Wardshire.
Lucy was truly horrified. "Lucifer"...
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The bestselling author's Regency series returns with the story of Deirdre, whose scandalous elopement shocks the Armitage family-and her fiancé.
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 spendthrift vicar who arranged the match to rescue himself...
20) Daphne
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A breathtaking beauty falls prey to a marriage trap, as the New York Times-bestselling author's Regency romance series continues.
Daphne Armitage embarked on her first Season with secret dread. For though she had long since learned the power of her flawless beauty, she shrank from the open competition of the marriage mart. Better to marry her first suitor, the fastidious Cyril Archer, and be done with it. But when Simon Garfield, notable and wealthy...
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