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The Scandalous Lady Wright

By M.C. Beaton
Series: Regency Scandal
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In The Scandalous Lady Wright, Lady Emma endures a marriage to the charming but brutal Sir Benjamin Wright, whose public honour masks his private cruelty. When he is unexpectedly murdered, suspicion falls upon her. As she uncovers her husband's many secrets, a mysterious Frenchman, Comte Saint-Juste, arrives offering help—and perhaps a new understanding of l'amour.
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Fashionable society regards Sir Benjamin Wright with the utmost honour and respect. Yet Lady Emma knows that her husband is, in fact, a drunken jealous brute who delights in humiliating her both in and out of the bedroom.

So, his unexpected murder is a blessing, she thinks—that is, until the constable's accusing finger points to her as the murderer. But it soon becomes apparent that her late husband hid many secrets and enemies.

When the practical Comte Saint-Juste arrives on the scene offering his services, Lady Emma is about to discover what the French dedication to l'amour really means...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472112118

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 November 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Constable

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 113.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 115g

Pages: 208

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Historical Romance M.C. Beaton Romance Series: Regency Scandal

About the Author

M.C. Beaton is the author of the hugely successful Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as a quartet of Edwardian murder mysteries featuring heroine Lady Rose Summer, the Travelling Matchmaker and Six Sisters Regency romance series, and a stand-alone murder mystery, The Skeleton in the Closet - all published by Constable & Robinson. She left a full-time career in journalism to turn to writing, and now divides her time between the Cotswolds and Paris.

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