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Hardcover The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster Book

ISBN: 0312269420

ISBN13: 9780312269425

The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster

(Book #4 in the Riddle Saga Series)

Mrs. Regina Stansbury, a woman of high fashion and dwindling fortunes, has just trapped London's most courted bachelor into agreeing to marry her daughter Cordelia. Though young Miss Cordelia Stansbury has admired the handsome and dashing Gervaise Valerian for years, she is mortified by the circumstances of their engagement. Duty bound to obtain her father's consent for this match, Miss Stansbury becomes lost at sea while traveling to meet him in Egypt. But Valerian's hopes for a long and carefree bachelorhood are dashed once again when Miss Stansbury reappears after a year spent shipwrecked on a desert island. Ignoring the Code of Honour, Valerian rescinds his offer of matrimony. To restore the family name, Piers Cranford, a distant cousin of Valerian's, is bullied into proposing to the disgraced young lady. His offer is rudely rejected, but under pressure from his great-uncle General Lord Nugent Cranford, Piers is forced to pursue Miss Stansbury or risk losing his family manor. Piers is reluctant to marry a haughty girl he barely knows, especially now that he has just met a delightfully intriguing young lady named Mary Westerman... His worries are compounded when his estate is plagued with a series of disasters. Are these troubles linked to old foes from the Jacobite Rebellion, or could they be the work of a mysterious bidder, intent on bringing down the value of Muse Manor and buying Piers Cranford's beloved family estate?

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Rated 5 stars
Not part of the Riddle series

Okay for those not aware. The Riddle series is part of the Regency period. In traditional Patricia Veryan style she's decided to throw a curve. I noticed right away this was a Georgian Romance, not a regency. I have though, read the other Georgian series, which for those not aware, is The League of Jeweled Men series, (not to be confused with The League of Frighted Men by Rex Stout).This is the story of Piers, Perry's...

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A Quick Warning on a Great Book

This book is wonderful but not part of the Riddle series. The previous 3 "Riddle" books are all related but this one is the continuation of another series. I was disappointed because this is the first series of hers I have read, and NOW I've inadvertently read a book from another series out of order. (WHICH I HATE) Veryan is definitely a must read but keep in mind that this book will not continue the Regency Saga of the other...

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Rated 5 stars
Delightful

Patricia Veryan doesn't know how to write a bad book. She is a master at plots and characterizations, and her latest effort is up to her usual excellent standards. She is adept at keeping the reader guessing about the villain until the last page, and in the meantime, she creates people that the reader cares about, all the while infusing her novels with a wry humor that makes them a joy to read. My advice: Read this, and anything...

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Rated 4 stars
Delightful

Cordelia Stansbury was absolutely mortified! Her mother trapped Gervaise Valerian, one of the ton's most notorious rakes, in a compromising situation with her just so she could force him to marry her poor spinster daughter. Gervaise was seething with justifiable rage, and Cordelia wanted to sink through the floor. There was no way she was going to let her mother get away with this, even if she had loved Gervaise ever since...

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Rated 5 stars
a good swashbuckling novel

No one can write a swashbuckling historical novel complete with treasonous plots and daring adventure, power mad villains, and honourable men and women caught in the middle of all these intrigues, quite like Patricia Veryan. And "The Riddle of The Shipwrecked Spinster" lives up to Veryan's reputation for brilliantly writing such dos making this novel a highly entertaining and enjoyable read. (The novel also sees the resurfacing...

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