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The Beauty and the Civil Service Clerk

December 3, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

Lady Phillipa Benning is a young, beautiful, fantastically wealthy widow and the undisputed queen (and Mean Girl) of London society. She has set her eyes on the Marquis of Broughton, who is equally eligible, wealthy and popular, but her arch rival from school, Lady Jane Cummings also seems to have him in her sights and the vexing man is not beyond playing the two ladies against each other. Things start getting complicated after Philippa, having arranged a tryst with Broughton in a library, ends up hidden […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: adventure, cbr9, historical romance, Kate Noble, Malin, Regency, Revealed, spies, the Blue Raven

Malin's CBR9 Review No:108 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: adventure, cbr9, historical romance, Kate Noble, Malin, Regency, Revealed, spies, the Blue Raven ·
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