The Poor Relation
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Book 1
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Lady Fortescue Steps Out
- The Poor Relation, Book 1
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
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What do you do if you are of noble stock, but impoverished, and living in London with a certain style to maintain? One has to work... but One's relatives will be appalled when One turns One's hand to trade - and opens a hotel, The Poor Relation, offering employment to others of the same social standing and in the same awkward situation. This is precisely what Mrs Fortescue decides upon and, together with friend Colonel Sandhurst, transforms her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering guests the pleasure of being waited upon by the nobility.
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Lady Fortescue Steps Out
- The Poor Relation, Book 1
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
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Lady Fortescue Steps Out
- The Poor Relation, Book 1
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Life is not easy for the poor relations of England’s upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together. Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if they were to transform her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering their guests the pleasure of being waited upon by nobility? With the help of other down-and-out aristocrats, they do just that, and London’s newest hotel, The Poor Relation, is born. The establishment is an immediate hit with London’s most illustrious citizens, save the Duke of Rowcester....
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sweet but overpriced trifle
- By connie on 06-20-12
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Lady Fortescue Steps Out
- The Poor Relation, Book 1
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-01-12
- Language: English
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Book 2
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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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The poor relations banded together some time ago to run The Poor Relation Hotel in the hope their embarrassed relatives would buy them out, but as the hotel prospered, so they began to enjoy the fruit of their labour. But once again they need money to go on and so poor, faded Miss Tonks is dispatched to her rich sister to steal something valuable from her in order to keep the hotel on its feet.
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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-25-24
- Language: English
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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
- The Poor Relation, Book 2
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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The poor relations, those genteel paupers of society who live on little more than their dignity, have banded together and started The Poor Relation hotel, hoping to be bought out by their embarrassed relations - but as the hotel prospered, they began to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Now once more they are in need of funds. To stoop to crime in their days of poverty was one thing, but to turn to it again when they have enjoyed a certain amount of success is quite another. But they all agree: the hotel must go on.
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More Regency Fun! Miss Tonks Saves the Day!
- By Clare on 05-13-12
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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
- The Poor Relation, Book 2
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-01-12
- Language: English
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Book 3
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Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace
- The Poor Relation, Book 3
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Poter
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. Lady Fortescue reminds the others that, to be fair, Mrs. Budley has no relatives on whom she can call. Gentle Mrs. Budley thinks she has escaped her fate until Sir Philip comes up with a plan: He has heard that the elderly Marquess of Peterhouse is senile, a widower, extremely rich, and unlikely to remember whether Mrs. Budley is a relative or not. So off Mrs. Budley goes. But the marquess turns out to be not so old, hardly senile, and, in fact, quite handsome.
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good series, but predictable
- By Marie on 03-29-13
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Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace
- The Poor Relation, Book 3
- Narrated by: Davina Poter
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-01-12
- Language: English
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Mrs Budley Falls from Grace
- The Poor Relation, Book 3
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Cut off by her own relations, pretty, dainty widow Eliza Budley must visit some other family manor to purloin expensive baubles. Happily, the rich Marquess of Peterhouse is in his dotage and wouldn't know a relative from a bedpost, so Eliza is sent to play the imposter. But things do not go as planned and Eliza is met by the new Marquess - wickedly handsome, and with all his wits about him. And somehow Eliza finds herself confessing her bluff to him and he in turn is much taken with her daring and charm - but can he fall in love with such a scheming widow from the world of trade?
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Mrs Budley Falls from Grace
- The Poor Relation, Book 3
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
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Book 4
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Sir Philip's Folly
- The Poor Relation, Book 4
- By: Marion Chesney, M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue swears great oaths and says the woman is probably related to half the costermongers in London and certainly does not possess one rich relative. Mrs. Budge does nothing but eat all day and refused to do any work around the hotel. Worst of all, Miss Tonks seems to be taking the romance between Sir Philip and Mrs. Budge quite hard.
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Another worthy read in this marvelous series
- By Marie on 03-27-14
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Sir Philip's Folly
- The Poor Relation, Book 4
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 06-01-12
- Language: English
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Sir Philip's Folly
- The Poor Relation, Book 4
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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Sir Philip Sommerville is quite the antique, but not too old to bring home a paramour: fat, vulgar and greedy Mrs Budge who, the other poor relations are agreed upon, has to go. And then there is Lady Carruthers, a highly rouged widow who passes off her grown daughter, Arabella, as a school miss while setting her own cap for the young Earl of Denby, despite the fact that young Arabella is quite smitten with the dashing golden-haired earl! So once again it is up to the other poor relations to straighten out the course of true love...
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Sir Philip's Folly
- The Poor Relation, Book 4
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
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Book 5
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Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue
- The Poor Relation, Book 5
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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As usual, the poor relations are in need of money to finance the hotel and this time it is up to Colonel Sandhurst to come to the rescue. After coming across Sir Randolph's daughter Frederica, who is running away to escape an awful marriage to Lord Bewley, the Colonel devises a plan to force Sir Randolph to settle his six month outstanding hotel bill and save Frederica from her terrible fate.
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Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue
- The Poor Relation, Book 5
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
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Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue
- The Poor Relation, Book 5
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Owing to an unfortunate wager made by Sir Philip, the poor relations are once again scrounging around for a plan for solvency. This time it is Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue. After happening on Sir Randolph’s lovely daughter Frederica, who is running away to escape an awful marriage to Lord Bewley, the Colonel devises a plan to force Sir Randolph to settle his bill for six month’s stay and to save Frederica from her fate. The clever plan is thwarted when Lord Bewley shows up at the drop point instead of Sir Randolph.
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Love this series!
- By ILoveAmazon on 02-09-18
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Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue
- The Poor Relation, Book 5
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-01-12
- Language: English
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Book 6
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Back in Society: A Regency Romance
- The Poor Relation, Book 6
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Life is finally looking up for the poor relations. The Prince of Wales’ coat of arms gleams over the hotel entrance. All but one of the rooms are filled by the open-handed Prince Hugo and his entourage. They have finally reached a position comfortable enough to allow them to consider offers to buy the hotel. The poor relations’ hard-earned success, however, is in stark contrast to the plight of their latest guest, Lady Jane Fremney. The slight, beautiful youngest daughter of the Earl of Durby has been cast out of her family for refusing to marry the man her father has chosen.
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All is well that ends well
- By Marie on 05-07-13
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Back in Society: A Regency Romance
- The Poor Relation, Book 6
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-01-12
- Language: English
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Back in Society
- The Poor Relation, Book 6
- By: M.C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Driven into hiding at the hotel by a tyrannous father and a rich but wizened suitor, Lady Jane Fremney attempts to end her life. The poor relations save the young lady and determine to improve her lot in life by bringing her out for the Season. All the young bucks call on Jane, among them the handsome but racy Comte de Mornay, an exile from Napoleon's France who has broken many a heart and so far eluded matrimony. Jane is quite adamant he is unsuitable for her - but when his life is threatened by an assassin's pistol, it is up to her to help him escape from danger... and into l'amour!
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Back in Society
- The Poor Relation, Book 6
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-30-24
- Language: English
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