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Biographical note
M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky. M.C. Beaton's legacy continues as her good friend and fellow author R. W. Green has taken on the mantle of writing more crime novels featuring her two most beloved creations, Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth.Nicely atmospheric, most notable for its gentle humour and adventurous spirit
Publishers Weekly
A delightful tale... romance fans are in for a treat
Booklist
Genuinely amusing...well-out in front and a dashing good show.
Kirkus Reviews
Whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a frump, he wanted her just the same!
How can plain Frederica withstand a Season's scrutiny after the five beauties before her have married so magnificently? The only solution is to run away from home...
Disguised as a chambermaid, Freddie soon finds her way into the household of the fashionable Duke of Pembury. But the wild gentleman is soon on to her tricks and finds himself escorting Freddie back to London, where, once again on the marriage mart, her sisters make over the tomboyish runaway until even she cannot recognise herself!
But a certain gentleman can, and so it would seem that Freddie is not fated to be plain - or unmarried - after all....