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 Dempseyโs dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpsonโs 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 girlsโ 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 spiesโฆ
Reginald โTurnipโ Fitzhughโoften mistaken for the elusive spy known as the Pink Carnationโhas 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, โMeet me at Farley Castleโ, the unlikely vehicle for intrigue launches the pair on a Yuletide adventure that ranges from the Austensโ 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 Turnipโs hands, in the form of a festive Christmas pudding?
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