The Society Scandal of the Season…Lady Adelaide Compton had prepared herself to say goodbye forever to Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter. It would be a welcome relief not to get mixed up in any more murders, even if it meant never working alongside the handsome detective again…wouldn't it?But then Addie's prim and proper mother, Constance, the Dowager Marchioness of Broughton, is accused of murdering her secret lover, and there can't be enough gentlemen d...

The next mystery book—with a touch of paranormal women's fiction—in an amusing historical cozy series! With a string of suspicious deaths threatening her guests, a horribly depressing love life, and a handsome detective on her doorstep, the last thing Lady Adelaide needs to deal with is the ghost of her dead husband.Gloucestershire, 1925. A week-long house party in the country—why not? Lady Adelaide has nothing else to do, now that her year of mourning for her unfa...

The next mystery book in a lively historical cozy series! A Russian prince. A wealthy heir. An impoverished earl's daughter. Which one will make an untimely exit from the London social scene?"If you like a clever mystery, a handsome ghost, and the far-from-bereaved widow who can't find the elusive killer without Rupert's help, Who's Sorry Now? is just your cup of English murder."—Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries and the ...

"A clever, charming mystery that perfectly captures 1920s society . . . sure to appeal to fans of Ashley Weaver or Rhys Bowen." — Shelf AwarenessAugust 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard.Rupert died by smashing his Hispano-Suiza on a Cotswold country road while carrying a French mademoiselle in th...

La vénérable Mme Evensong dirige la meilleure agence de placement de Londres. C’est pourquoi le baron Alec Raeburn sollicite son aide. Il a besoin d’une actrice pour jouer le rôle d’une héritière ingénue afin de piéger le Dr Bauer qui faisait chanter sa femme et l’aurait tuée. Ce qu’Alec ignore, c’est que sous la perruque de Mme Evensong se cache Mary, la nièce de la vieille dame, qui a repris, en secret, les rênes de l’agence. Elle va donc l’accompagner en Écosse, pour vivre une aventure ...

— Je sais que vous aimez votre travail à l’agence Evensong, Eliza. Mais mon beau-frère a besoin d’une gouvernante et je n’ai que vous sous la main. Comment refuser ce service à lady Raeburn ? Eliza se laisse convaincre et s’en va sonner chez Nicholas Raeburn, jeune peintre excentrique récemment débarqué à Londres avec sa fille. Elle découvre une étrange maison, où déambulent en plein jour des modèles nus. Quel endroit épouvantable pour une fillette de cinq ans ! Nicholas, fidèle à sa déplo...

Depuis un an, Louisa Stratton sillonne l’Europe au volant de sa voiture. Pour jouir d’une telle liberté, la jeune héritière a dû écrire à sa famille qu’elle s’était mariée. Sauf que maintenant elle doit revenir en Angleterre au bras de Maximilian, l’époux parfait… qui n’existe pas. Heureusement, l’agence Evensong va lui en fournir un : le capitaine Charles Cooper, ex-officier de la guerre des Boers. Louisa déchante en faisant sa connaissance. Comment cet individu imbibé de gin pourrait-il ...

Résignée à rester vieille fille, Harriet Benson travaille pour la célèbre agence Evensong où ses talents d’organisatrice font merveille. Sa patronne la recommande à sir Thomas Featherstone, qui cherche une assistante pour monter une association d’artistes, projet ambitieux que ce mécène visionnaire est bien incapable de gérer seul. Et c’est là que les ennuis commencent... Car sir Thomas tombe fou amoureux de la jeune fille au premier regard et lui propose de devenir sa maîtresse. Harriet y...

Scandal Is Only The Beginning. . .Charlotte Fallon let her guarded virtue fall once--and she's paid dearly for it ever since. She swore she'd never succumb to men's desires again. But even a village spinster's life miles from temptation can't save her from a sister with no shame whatsoever. Or a heart that longs for more, whatever the cost. . .Sir Michael Bayard found more than he expected in his bed when he finally joined his new mistress. He'd fantasized ...

Soggiorno per nobili ospiti 1Inghilterra, 1881.Il Visconte Henry Challoner ha lasciato ogni ambizione sulle alture del Sud Africa. Ritornato dalla guerra, non riesce a riprendere la sua vita. Nel villaggio di Pudding-on-the-Wold, presso una struttura riabilitativa, potrà rimettersi in sesto in un tranquillo contesto di campagna sebbene per lui sarà davvero dura fare a meno di alcol e donne.La maestra Rachel Everett vive nel villaggio e ha rin...

A dashing British lord sets out to destroy a slanderous tabloid in this Regency romance by the author of the Courtesan Court series.From duchesses to chamber maids, everybody’s reading it. Each Tuesday, The London List appears, filled with gossip and scandal, offering job postings and matches for the lovelorn—and most enticing of all, telling the tales and selling the wares a more modest publication wouldn’t touch . . .The creation of Evangeline Ra...

Soggiorno per nobili ospiti 2Inghilterra, 1882.Nessuno a Puddling-on-the-Wold si sarebbe aspettato di veder arrivare Sarah Marchmain, spedita nella struttura riabilitativa dal duca suo padre dopo essersi rifiutata di sposarsi. Per la giovane però quel soggiorno non rappresenta una punizione, ma un piacevole momento di distacco dalla famiglia. Sebbene l'ultima cosa di cui Sarah ha bisogno sia una distrazione romantica, l'incontro con Tristan Sykes, f...