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Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing
Darcy O'Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic
tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . . I
am a bit at loose ends at the moment. My cook, Queenie, is making
my new role as mistress of Eynsleigh something akin to constant
torture as Darcy is off on another one of his top secret jaunts.
And Grandad is busy helping wayward youths avoid lives of crime. So
when my dearest friend, Belinda, inherits an old cottage in
Cornwall and begs me to go with her to inspect the property, I jump
at the chance. After a heart-stopping journey in Belinda's beast of
a motorcar, we arrive at the creaky old cottage called White Sails
and quickly realize that it is completely uninhabitable. Just when
I'm starting to wonder if I would have been better off trying to
get Queenie to cook a roast that hasn't been burnt beyond all
recognition, we meet Rose Summers, a woman Belinda knew as a child
when she spent time in Cornwall. Rose invites us to stay at Trewoma
Hall, the lovely estate now owned by her husband, Tony. Belinda
confesses that she never liked Rose and had a fling with Tony years
ago, so staying with them is far from ideal but beggars can't be
choosers as they say. Trewoma is not the idyllic house Belinda
remembers. There's something claustrophobic and foreboding about
the place. Matters aren't helped by the oppressively efficient
housekeeper Mrs. Mannering or by the fact that Tony seems to want
to rekindle whatever he and Belinda once had right under his wife's
nose. Our increasingly awkward visit soon turns deadly when a
member of the household is found murdered and all clues point to
Belinda as the prime suspect. I soon learn that some long buried
secrets have come back to haunt those in residence at Trewoma Hall
and I'll need to sift through the ruins of their past so Belinda
doesn't lose her chance at freedom in the present. . . .
Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder
interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the
New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen.
Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in
her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy,
that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a
letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in
plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham
estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his
new bride for Christmas. Aunt Ermintrude hints that the queen would
like Georgie nearby. Georgie had not known that Aunt Ermintrude was
a former lady-in-waiting and close confidante of her royal
highness. The letter is therefore almost a royal request, so
Georgie, Darcy, and their Christmas guests: Mummy, Grandad, Fig,
and Binky all head to Sandringham. Georgie soon learns that the
notorious Mrs. Simpson, mistress to the Prince of Wales, will also
be in attendance. It is now crystal clear to Georgie that the Queen
expects her to do a bit of spying. There is tension in the air from
the get-go, and when Georgie pays a visit to the queen, she learns
that there is more to her request than just some simple
eavesdropping. There have been a couple of strange accidents at the
estate recently. Two gentlemen of the royal household have died in
mysterious circumstances and another has been shot by mistake
during a hunt. Georgie begins to suspect that a member of the royal
family is the real target but her investigation will put her new
husband and love of her life, Darcy, in the crosshairs of a killer.
A courageous wife, mother, and resister confronts the devastation
of World War II in a heartbreaking and hopeful novel by the
bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when
she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they
raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the
future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying
behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to
the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job
teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a
devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her son,
Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war
effort. Seizing the smallest glimmer of hope of finding Giles
alive, she returns to France. If Madeleine can stop just one Nazi,
it will be the start of a valiant path of revenge. Though her
perseverance, defiance, and heart will be tested beyond imagining,
no risk is too great for a brave wife and mother determined to
fight and survive against inconceivable odds.
A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller.
From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful
and heart-rending novel of a woman's love and sacrifice during the
First World War. As the Great War continues to take its toll,
headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to
contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and
handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long
before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of
marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a
"land girl," tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire
estate. It's here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals
of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden. The
journals inspire Emily, and in the wake of devastating news, they
are her saving grace. Emily's lover has not only died a hero but
has left her terrified-and with child. Since no one knows that
Emily was never married, she adopts the charade of a war widow. As
Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs,
the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may
open a path to her destiny.
For the first time in trade paperback, the winning second entry in
Bowen's "New York Times" bestselling series.
Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a
would-be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation
into the murder of a fellow Irish immigrant, and is free to begin
her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New
World, Molly's first order of business is to become a private
investigator, working for families in Europe who've lost touch with
relatives in America. Her second order of business is to hook the
handsome NYPD police captain Daniel Sullivan, and she envisions
lots of opportunities to "seek his counsel" in her new profession.
Paddy Riley is a tough old Cockney P.I. who specializes in divorce
work, and with a little persuasion he's ready to take on Molly as
an apprentice. It's not exactly what she imagined, but she plans to
make the most of it. That is, until she comes to work one day to
find her new world turned upside down. Before long, Molly has set
off on a journey that will take her through the back alleys of
Manhattan and into the bars and lounges of the literary scene,
where she spends time with writers, actors, poets, and musicians.
Armed with nothing more than her fiery will and matching wild red
hair, Molly has no idea of the danger her pursuit may bring in this
fascinating, well-researched, and suspenseful second novel in
Bowen's bestselling series.
A courageous wife, mother, and resister confronts the devastation
of World War II in a heartbreaking and hopeful novel by the
bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when
she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they
raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the
future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying
behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to
the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job
teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a
devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her son,
Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war
effort. Seizing the smallest glimmer of hope of finding Giles
alive, she returns to France. If Madeleine can stop just one Nazi,
it will be the start of a valiant path of revenge. Though her
perseverance, defiance, and heart will be tested beyond imagining,
no risk is too great for a brave wife and mother determined to
fight and survive against inconceivable odds.
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Peril In Paris
Rhys Bowen
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New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy
Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her
policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves
in Greenwich Village, in their modest-yet-beautiful-home in Patchin
Place, filled with family, friends, and laughter. Molly and Daniel
have a good marriage, a true partnership where they value each
other’s opinions in all things. So when he tells her they’re
moving to a fancy home on Fifth Avenue - and that he’s running
for the sheriff of New York - Molly is left reeling. Daniel begs
Molly to trust him, but why would he run for sheriff on the Tammany
ticket? A party known more for kickbacks and quid pro quo than
anything else, it used to be everything Daniel despised. So
what’s changed? And why didn’t he discuss it with her
beforehand? Molly can’t help but wonder what Daniel’s got
himself tangled up in… and whether he needs her help to get out.
In this latest installment in this beloved series, the incomparable
Molly is drawn into the dangerous world of politics, forced to
navigate through the webs of lies and deceit which are hidden
behind a veil of vast wealth and grandeur.
In the days leading up to her wedding to Darcy O'Mara, Lady
Georgiana Rannoch takes on the responsibilities of a grand estate,
but proving she can run a household just may be the death of her...
If only Darcy and I had eloped! What I thought would be a simple
wedding has been transformed into a grand affair, thanks to the
attendance of the queen, who has offered up the princesses as
bridesmaids. Silly me! I thought that withdrawing from the royal
line of succession would simplify my life. But before Darcy and I
tie the knot in front of queen and country, we have to find a place
to live as man and wife. House hunting turns out to be a pretty
grim affair. Just as we start to lose hope, my globe-trotting
godfather offers us his fully staffed country estate. Mistress of
Eynsleigh I shall be! With Darcy off in parts unknown, I head to
Eynsleigh alone, only to have my hopes dashed. The grounds are in
disarray, and the small staff is suspiciously incompetent. Not to
mention the gas tap leak in my bedroom, which I can only imagine
was an attempt on my life. Something rotten is afoot-and bringing
the place up to snuff may put me six feet under before I even get a
chance to walk down the aisle...
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy
Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in
the New York Times bestselling series. I was so excited when Darcy
announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our
extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually
been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard
not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in
paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in
London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the
aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the
Happy Valley-the center of upper-class English life-we are well
positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects. Now
that I am a sophisticated married woman, I am doing my best to
sound like one. But crikey! These aristocrats are a thoroughly
loathsome sort enjoying a completely decadent lifestyle filled with
wild parties and rampant infidelity. And one of the leading lights
in the community, Lord Cheriton, has the nerve to make a play for
me. While I am on my honeymoon! Of course, I put an end to that
right off. When he is found bloodied and lifeless along a lonely
stretch of road, it appears he fell victim to a lion. But it seems
that the Happy Valley community wants to close the case a bit too
quickly. Darcy and I soon discover that there is much more than a
simple robbery and an animal attack to contend with here in Kenya.
Nearly everyone has a motive to want Lord Cheriton dead and some
will go to great lengths to silence anyone who asks too many
questions. The hunt is on! I just hope I can survive my honeymoon
long enough to catch a killer. . . .
A woman's future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping
WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New
York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The
Tuscan Child. London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks's world
crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable,
called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie's
beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured,
with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English
countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss
Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as
she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie
convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing
it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike
Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring
bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she's
never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war. Now a threat
looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about
to upend Josie's life again. Her newfound courage will be put to
the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you're
thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, but her upcoming
marriage proves to be the ultimate complication in the tenth
mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series. As
Lady Georgiana's beloved Darcy drives her out of London, she soon
discovers that he isn't planning to introduce her to the pleasures
of sinning in secret-as she had hoped-but to make her his wife! Of
course, she'll need special permission from the king to marry a
Roman Catholic. Though he will inherit a title, Darcy is as broke
as Georgie. Even his family's Irish castle has been sold to a rich
American who now employs his father. Nothing will deter them from
their mission - except perhaps the news that Georgie's future
father-in-law has just been arrested for murdering the rich
American. With the elopement postponed, they head for Ireland,
where the suspect insists he's innocent, and it's up to them to
prove it - for better or worse.
"Rhys Bowen crafts a propulsive, unexpected plot with characters
who come vibrantly alive on the page." -Mark Sullivan, author of
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Love and secrets collide in Venice during
WWII in an enthralling novel of brief encounters and lasting
romance by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan
Child and Above the Bay of Angels. Caroline Grant is struggling to
accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected
bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook,
three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline's quest: to
scatter Juliet "Lettie" Browning's ashes in the city she loved and
to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than sixty years. It's
1938 when art teacher Juliet Browning arrives in romantic Venice.
For her students, it's a wealth of history, art, and beauty. For
Juliet, it's poignant memories and a chance to reconnect with
Leonardo Da Rossi, the man she loves whose future is already
determined by his noble family. However star-crossed, nothing can
come between them. Until the threat of war closes in on Venice and
they're forced to fight, survive, and protect a secret that will
bind them forever. Key by key, Lettie's life of impossible love,
loss, and courage unfolds. It's one that Caroline can now make
right again as her own journey of self-discovery begins.
Lady Georgiana Rannoch juggles secret missions from the Queen, her
beau, and her mother in this mystery in the Royal Spyness series.
When royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch receives a letter from her
dearest friend Belinda, who's in an Italian villa awaiting the
birth of her illegitimate baby, she yearns to run to her side. If
only she could find a way to get there! But then opportunity
presents itself in a most unexpected way-her cousin the queen asks
her to attend a house party in the Italian Lake Country. The Prince
of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson have been invited, and Her
Majesty is anxious to thwart a possible secret wedding. What luck!
A chance to see Belinda, even if it is under the guise of stopping
unwanted nuptials. Only that's as far as Georgie's fortune takes
her. She soon discovers that she attended finishing school with the
hostess of the party-and the hatred they had for each other then
has barely dimmed. Plus, she needs to hide Belinda's delicate
condition from the other guests. And her dashing beau, Darcy's
(naturally) working undercover on a dangerous mission. Then her
actress mother shows up, with a not-so-little task to perform. With
all this subterfuge, it seems something is bound to go horribly
wrong-and Georgie will no doubt be left to pick up the pieces when
it does.
She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana
Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the New Year - before a Christmas
killer wrings another neck . . . On the first day of Christmas, my
true love gave to me - well, actually, my true love, Darcy O'Mara,
is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America.
Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called
Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I'm snowed
in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss
sister-in-law, Fig. So it's a miracle when I contrive to land a
position as hostess to a posh holiday party in Tiddleton. The
village is like something out of A Christmas Carol! But then there
are three deaths, so-called accidents. Perhaps a recent prison
break could have something to do with it . . . that, or a
long-standing witch's curse. But after Darcy shows up beneath the
mistletoe, anything could be possible in this wicked wonderland.
"...Sweeping and intimate, warm and gripping. I loved it!" -Louise
Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector
Gamache novels A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work
in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful,
historical mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of The
Tuscan Child and The Victory Garden. Isabella Waverly only means to
comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying
moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of
employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the
budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the
constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger's
stead, Bella can spread her wings. Arriving as Helen Barton from
Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for creating culinary delights,
served to the delighted Queen Victoria herself. Best of all, she's
been chosen to accompany the queen to Nice. What fortune! Until the
threat of blackmail shadows Bella to the Riviera, and a member of
the queen's retinue falls ill and dies. Having prepared the royal
guest's last meal, Bella is suspected of the poisonous crime. An
investigation is sure to follow. Her charade will be over. And her
new life will come crashing down-if it doesn't send her to the
gallows.
A woman's future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping
WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New
York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The
Tuscan Child. London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks's world
crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable,
called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie's
beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured,
with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English
countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss
Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as
she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie
convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing
it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike
Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring
bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she's
never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war. Now a threat
looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about
to upend Josie's life again. Her newfound courage will be put to
the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
Royalty has its privileges, even when you're thirty-fourth in line
to the throne, as Lady Georgiana Rannoch discovers on the glamorous
- and dangerous - French Riviera . . . Why should my clueless
brother, Binky, and his decidedly disagreeable wife, Fig, be the
only ones to enjoy the fun and sun of the French Riviera?
Thankfully, Her Majesty the Queen has once again come to my rescue.
She is sending me off to Nice with a secret assignment - recover
her priceless, stolen snuff box from the disreputable Sir Toby
Groper. Her Majesty's trust is an honour, but an even greater
honour is bestowed upon me in Nice - none other than Coco Chanel
herself asks me to model her latest fashion. Unfortunately, things
go disastrously wrong on the catwalk and before I can snatch the
snuff box, someone's life is snuffed out in a very dastardly way.
With a murderer on the loose - and my dearest Darcy seen in the
company of another woman - how's a girl to find any time to go to
the casino?
As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may
not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table
manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right, not in His
Majesty's back. Here I am thinking the education I received at my
posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. And while it
hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty
the Queen, and the Dowager Duchess to enlist my help. I have been
entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham, the Duke's newly
discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia, for high
society. The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's
most gorgeous stately homes. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place,
my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a
manor full of miscreants, none of whom are too pleased with the
discovery of my new ward. And no sooner has the lad been retrieved
than the Duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. With the
house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds
its way into the Duke's back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers
point to the young heir. As if the rascal wasn't enough of a
handful, now he's suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I'd
bet the crown jewels it wasn't he who killed the Duke
1930s London. Poor Lady Georgiana - thirty-fourth in line to the
throne - has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest,
even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain
her. Then there's the matter of the body in the bookshop and the
princess's unwitting involvement with the Communist party. It's
enough to drive a girl mad.
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