Marion Chesney
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her father breaks up her engagement to the unscrupulous Sir Geoffrey Blandon, Lady Rose Summer attends a last-chance soiree at Telby Castle in order to find a husband, but when a guest is found dead under mysterious conditions, Rose teams up with investigator Harry Cathcart to solve the murder.
3) Minerva
Author
Series
The Six Sisters volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1982
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The haughty Beverley girls are left improverished when their father gambles away his possessions and fortune. The daughters now feel it is their sister Isabella's duty to marry someone who will buy their beloved home back for them.
Author
Series
School for manners volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
167 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spinster sisters agree to assist families in preparing marriageable daughters for introduction into London society only to discover their first client is spoiled, selfish, and has no wish to be married.
Author
Series
Travelling matchmaker volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miss Hannah Pym, after receiving a large legacy, fulfills her longing for adventure and becomes a matchmaker in Regency England. A passenger fleeing an unwanted marriage receives assistance and reconciliation from the "matchmaker".
Author
Series
House for the season volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
167 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The house at 67 Clarges Street in London's fashionable West End remains vacant season after season because ill luck and death have befallen its past tenants. Salvation seems to come in the form of a Mr. Sinclair.
Author
Series
House for the season volume 6th
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
165 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When spoiled Jenny Sutherland arrives for the season in London she soon is made to realize by the butler, Rainbird, that not everything and everyone revolves around her life.
10) Marrying Harriet
Author
Series
School for Manners volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
167 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A novel of Regency England. Being the sixth volume of "The School for Manners." Amy and Effy Tribble, chaperones-forhire look for a suitable match for their charge Harriet Brown. But Harriet has plans of her own.
Author
Series
Travelling matchmaker volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hannah Pym works her matchmaking magic on a stagecoach journey to Dover.
12) The intrigue
Author
Series
Daughters of Mannerling volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
150 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Beverley girls think that a marriage to a rich man will be the only way they can buy their ancesteral home and Jessica is their best hope of winning the right man's hand.
13) Perfecting Fiona
Author
Series
School for manners volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
168 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fiona, a beautiful and wealthy Scottish heiress is sent to the Tribble sisters to be prepared for the London society season, after the season's first ball the sister's realize why she left Scotland unmarried.
Author
Series
Travelling matchmaker volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
155 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The poor relation volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The Six Sisters volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Diana shares her father's passion for the hunt, but that is not proper for a lady in Regency England. Lord Charles Dantry upsets all the best-laid plans to turn Diana into a proper young lady.
Author
Series
The Travelling matchmaker volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Travelling matchmaker volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Miss Pym travels to York to find a former employer she meets a young Frenchwoman and decides to help her find a husband. Many surprises await both women.
19) Plain Jane
Author
Series
House for the season volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
171 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The notorious house at 67 Clarges Street is reputed to be haunted and thus difficult to rent. When Mrs. Hart and her two daughters rent the house, it is "Plain Jane" who makes the best catch of the season while solving the mystery.
Author
Series
School for manners volume 3rd v
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
165 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amy and Effy Tribble, professional chaperones, are hired to prepare a young women for a society marriage. She has been spurned by a man she loved and wants nothing to do with another match. However, she soon learns she may have made more trouble for herself than she can handle and turns to the Tribbles for assistance.