title: The Intrigue (Daughters of Mannerling, Book 2)
author:  Marion Chesney 
description: Mannerling, a stately country mansion in Victorian England, possesses an apparently bewitching, sometimes fatal charm for its owners and is sending the Beverly family to incredible extremes in order to reclaim this family home, lost due to the father's gambling debts. This scenario was established by Chesney in volume 1, <i>The Banishment</i>, in which the first of six sisters manages to shake off the spell of the old homestead, marry, and move away. This second novel in the series features the machinations of the next daughter, Jessica, to marry the son of the new owners, despite the fact that he is an absolute cad and his cousin is a dreamy, intellectual, and well-propertied young man who has fallen for Jessica. In this, her fifth Regency sextet, Chesney demonstrates her usual flair for romance, repartee, and period touches. <i>Denise Perry Donavin</i>
zlib_text: INTRIGUE
  
    
    
    
    
  
   _The Daughters of Mannerling Series (in order)_
  
  Banishment
  
  Intrigue
  
  Deception
  
  Folly
  
  Romance
  
  Homecoming
  
  INTRIGUE
  
  M. C. Beaton
  
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  First ebook edition published in the United States by  
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  This edition first published in the UK by Canvas,  
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  Copyright © M. C. Beaton, 1995, 2011, 2014
  
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