Camille Aubray. Ballantine, $27 (400p) ISBN 978-0-399-17765-1
In 1936, Céline’s grandmother Ondine Belange was a beautiful 17-year-old girl living in a tiny village in the south of France. The daughter of café owners, Ondine is sent to cook for a mysterious man who has rented a villa in Juan-les-Pins. When the
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C. A. Belmond, Author . NAL $12.95 (355p) ISBN 978-0-451-22052-3
Belmond gets her story off to an appealing start by tapping into the near-universal fantasy of a distant, elderly relative leaving behind a pile of loot. Penny Nichols (yes, she hates her silly name) is toiling as a low-paid historical researcher on
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C. A. Belmond, Author . NAL $14 (363p) ISBN 978-0-451-22405-7
In Belmond's lilting sequel to A Rather Lovely Inheritance
, heroine Penny Nichols exults in being released from her stodgy American life and learns that being newly rich is not all champagne and roses. Her barrister boyfriend, Jeremy Laidley,...
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C. A. Belmond, Author . NAL $15 (433p) ISBN 978-0-451-22908-3
American heiress Penny Nichols is supposed to be planning her nuptials to dashing barrister Jeremy Laidley in this pleasant if underplotted installment to Belmond’s Rather series (A Rather Curious Engagement
), but she keeps dithering....
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C.A. Belmond. NAL, $15 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-451-23461-2
This breezy, witty fourth entry in Belmond's Rather series (A Rather Charming Invitation) features strongly defined characters, vivid settings, and a captivating mystery. Penny Nichols Laidley and her husband Jeremy, who occasionally team up as...
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