Dutton
November 2010
On Sale: October 28, 2010
Featuring: Arabella Dempsey; Turnip Fitzhugh; Jane Austen
325 pages ISBN: 0525951873 EAN: 9780525951872 Kindle: B00452V3LY Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Arabella Dempsey’s dear friend Jane Austen warned her
against teaching. But Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary for
Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim
her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters
nearby. Just before Christmas, she accepts a position at the
quiet girls’ school in Bath, expecting to face nothing more
exciting than conducting the annual Christmas recital. She
hardly imagines coming face to face with French aristocrats
and international spies…
Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh—often mistaken for the elusive
spy known as the Pink Carnation—has blundered into danger
before. But when he blunders into Miss Arabella Dempsey, it
never occurs to him that she might be trouble. When Turnip
and Arabella stumble upon a beautifully wrapped Christmas
pudding with a cryptic message written in French, “Meet me
at Farley Castle”, the unlikely vehicle for intrigue
launches the pair on a Yuletide adventure that ranges from
the Austens’ modest drawing room to the awe-inspiring estate
of the Dukes of Dovedale, where the Dowager Duchess is
hosting the most anticipated event of the year: an elaborate
12-day Christmas celebration. Will they find poinsettias or
peril, dancing or danger? And is it possible that the fate
of the British Empire rests in Arabella and Turnip’s hands,
in the form of a festive Christmas pudding?
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