The Wicked Godmother (A House for the Season, Book 3) (edition 1987)

by Marion Chesney (Author)

Series: A House for the Season (3)

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML: *A country mouse gets help from some matchmaking servants, in this "lively" novel set in a stylish London townhouse (Publishers Weekly).* Young Harriet Metcalf has come from the countryside to Mayfair, and her assigned task is to get two teenage heiresses launched in the London ton. For the course of the season, they will be renting at 67 Clarges Street�??where the quirky but resourceful servants are always ready to lend a helpful hand. But Harriet soon finds herself being courted by a notorious rake, the Marquess of Huntingdon�??much to the annoyance of the spoiled young sisters. The below-stairs staff may just have to step in to set things aright . . . Originally published under the name Marion Chesney, The Wicked Godmother is a witty and delightful romance from a New York Times�??bestselling aut… (more)

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Title:	The Wicked Godmother (A House for the Season, Book 3)
Authors:	Marion Chesney (Author)
Info:	St Martins Pr (1987), Edition: 1st, 166 pages
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Are we having fun yet? I am!

The "A House for the Season" series is full of fun and silliness, as well as some minor character development...I like to refer to Marion Chesney's books as "Jane Austen-Lite", which is not meant to denigrate Jane Austen!

In book three, "The Wicked Godmother", we have Harriet Metcalf, a destitute old maid (of 25) assigned to chaperone twin daughters of a recently deceased friend. Her mission is to find them rich and highly eligible husbands during "The Season", taking place in the Regent period in England.

Harriet should be named "Mooncalf", because she really is clueless: she believes the twins love her, they don't
she believes no man would want her for a wife as she has no dowry, but they do, and she's outspoken with one of the richest men in the country, offending him repeatedly.

Add a large ditzy dog, a spinster friend, and the usual antics with the servants, and you have an entertaining although fluffy read.

Life's not all meat and potatoes: a little cotton candy is good now and then. (

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fuzzi | Jul 17, 2013 |

Enjoyable light regency. (

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1987-02

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Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

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Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of. No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it; it too is a kind of divinity. --Hesiod

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For Rachael Feild
With love.

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The sleepy little village of Upper Marcham had never before enjoyed such a juicy scandal.

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:

A country mouse gets help from some matchmaking servants, in this "lively" novel set in a stylish London townhouse (Publishers Weekly).

Young Harriet Metcalf has come from the countryside to Mayfair, and her assigned task is to get two teenage heiresses launched in the London ton. For the course of the season, they will be renting at 67 Clarges Street�??where the quirky but resourceful servants are always ready to lend a helpful hand.

But Harriet soon finds herself being courted by a notorious rake, the Marquess of Huntingdon�??much to the annoyance of the spoiled young sisters. The below-stairs staff may just have to step in to set things aright . . .

Originally published under the name Marion Chesney, The Wicked Godmother is a witty and delightful romance from a New York Times�??bestselling aut

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