Title: a quiet, sweet romance
Product review: A collection of down-on-their-luck genteel folk run a hotel in London called The Poor Relation. It is a bit of a scandal to their better-off relatives, but it keeps the folks in scratch. Most of the time. At the moment the group is in dire need of funds, and they are up to their usual tricks -- sending out one of their own to pretend to be an obscure relative of someone rich, then having them pilfer small but valuable objects. And rather bashful Mrs. Budley has drawn the short straw. Now she must toddle off to the estate of a doddering marquess, little knowing that the marquess has died and the estate is now in the rather capable hands of his nephew. Oh dear.This is a quiet, sweet story with amusing characters. Not a page turner, it is eminently satisfying as a literary bon bon. I will read others by this author.
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