The Adventuress

Resumen del libro

The fifth book in M.C. Beaton's charming A House for the Season series. Appearances can be very deceptive...At first, Emily Goodenough and her uncle are exactly what the servants at No.

67 Clarges Street are hoping for: respectable tenants to usher in an uneventful Season. But all is not what it seems and it's not long before Rainbird the butler uncovers their secret: Mr Goodenough is an ex-butler and his 'daughter' a runaway chambermaid!Rainbird's resolve is tested, however, when he learns of villainous Mr Percival Pardon's plot to unmask the pair and force his attentions on Emily. So the staff join forces with their former fellow servants in a scheme to make the Goodenoughs Society's darlings, foil Mr Pardon's plot, and snare the man of her dreams for Emily in the bargain!'Romance fans are in for a treat' - Booklist' M.

C. Beaton is the best of the Regency writers' - Kirkus Reviews

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B M. C. Beatonx{0026}lt;/B (Glasgow, 1936-Gloucester, 2019) es el seudónimo que utilizó Marion Chesney, prolífica escritora escocesa con una reconocida trayectoria en el género histórico y romántico, para publicar sus novelas de detectives y misterio, entre las que destacan las sagas dedicadas a Hamish Macbeth y Agatha Raisin. De esta última, formada por más de treinta libros, se han vendido más de diez millones de ejemplares en más de quince países, y su exitosa versión televisiva, de la que se está rodando la quinta temporada en Inglaterra, se ha estrenado en España en 2021.x{0026}lt;/P