Mrs Budley Falls from Grace (The Poor Relation series) - Softcover

M.C. Beaton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780333196 ISBN 13: 9781780333199

Publisher: Canvas, 2013

Synopsis

Another Poor Relation has to resort to genteel thievery to make end meet - but she gets much more than she bargains for!Cut off by her own relations, pretty, dainty widow Eliza Budley must visit some other family manor to purloin expensive baubles. Happily, the rich Marquess of Peterhouse is in his dotage and wouldn't know a relative from a bedpost, so Eliza is sent to play the imposter.But things do not go as planned and Eliza is met by the new Marquess - wickedly handsome, and with all his wits about him. And somehow Eliza finds herself confessing her bluff to him and he in turn is much taken with her daring and charm - but can he fall in love with such a scheming widow from the world of trade? Time for the other Poor Relations to get involved and help these confused lovers!

About this title

About the Author:

M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries and the Agatha Raisin mystery series. She is also the author of more than one hundred romance titles and a series of romantic suspense novels, the Edwardian Mystery series. Born in Scotland, she now divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.

From Publishers Weekly:

Lucy Budley, one of the indigent gentlefolk who pooled their resources to create the Poor Relation Hotel, is prompted by her co-proprietors to travel to Delacourt Castle in Warwickshire. Once there, they plan, she will pretend to be a distant relative and relieve the dotty old Marquess of Peterhouse of enough trinkets to support herself back in London. The plot is foiled, however, when the old Marquess dies and is replaced by his sharp-witted and darkly handsome nephew. Exposed as a liar, the widow Budley tells all and begs his forgiveness, only to discover that the new Marquess may have plans for her; he needs a wife to keep both prying neighbors and ambitious London mothers at bay. This brief novel will probably be most enjoyable to readers familiar with the same characters from earlier books in the Poor Relation series ( Lady Fortescue Steps Out and Miss Tonks Turns to Crime ). A nicely atmospheric, if somewhat simple-minded work, most notable for its gentle humor and adventurous spirit.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Canvas
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780333196
• ISBN 13: 9781780333199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192