Author - M.C. Beaton
Titles
Minerva
The Taming of Annabelle
Deirdre and Desire
Daphne
Diana the Huntress
Frederica in Fashion
Description
Minerva
Raven-haired
Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles
Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that
raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six daughters, is to have her
coming-out in London, the news is not well received by the rest of the family.
Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a
quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva,
is clearly jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off
crying. Minerva is dispatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old
Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore the
ailing family fortunes. But the other five daughters will all get their chance,
because Minerva is but the first volume in The Six Sisters series by Marion
Chesney.
The Taming of Annabelle
From the
moment honey-trussed young Annabelle met her sister Minerva's intended, Lord
Sylvester, she developed a secret passion for him that obsessed her. Now she
was determined to take him away from Minerva - no matter what! But Annabelle
hadn't reckoned on Lord Sylvester's best friend, Peter, who falls in love with
her and decides to tame her growing passions towards the wrong man!
Deirdre and Desire
Red-haired,
jade-eyed Deirdre is determined to marry for Love - nothing else will do. So
the fact her father's candidate for her hand, Lord Harry Desire, is well bred
and good looking, interests her not a jot! But the feelings he arouses in her
are truly distracting. Deirdre's discovery of what desire can mean and where
her heart really lies brings about a delicious climax to this adventure of
intrigue, misunderstanding - and love!
Daphne
Daphne
Armitage is the acknowledged beauty of that family of renowned belles, but beauty
is more than skin deep. Black-haired, exquisite Daphne is certain she can avoid
the turmoil of true love by demanding nothing more of a husband than to be an
elegant companion. The self-absorbed Mr. Archer seems to fit the bill to
perfection. But when Mr. Simon Garfield agitates Daphne's calm outward manner,
the results are dramatic and delightful!
Diana the Huntress
Diana's
passion is a rather strange one for a lady - she loves to hunt while dressed as
a man! With her lustrous black hair and enormous dark eyes, Diana is shy of men
yet dreams of the freedom they must enjoy. Only when she is invited to Town by
the icily blond Lord Mark Dantrey does she begin to realize that being a women
does have unexpected advantages. And what of the gypsy, who prophesized a dark
stranger, and warned of a fair one? Surprising twists and turns await Diana on
the path of true love.
Frederica in Fashion
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 recognize herself! But a certain gentleman can, and so it would
seem that Freddie is not fated to be plain - or unmarried - after all....
