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Title details for The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas by Lauren Willig - Available

The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas

#7 in series

by Lauren Willig
Kate Reading
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'Tis the season to get Pink! Lauren Willig's beloved Pink Carnation series gets into the holiday spirit with this irresistible Regency Christmas caper.
Arabella Dempsey's dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters nearby. Just before Christmas, she accepts a position at the quiet girls' school in Bath, expecting to face nothing more exciting than conducting the annual Christmas recital. She hardly imagines coming face to face with French aristocrats and international spies...
Reginald "Turnip"Fitzhugh-often mistaken for the elusive spy known as the Pink Carnation- has blundered into danger before. But when he blunders into Miss Arabella Dempsey, it never occurs to him that she might be trouble. When Turnip and Arabella stumble upon a beautifully wrapped Christmas pudding with a cryptic message written in French, "Meet me at Farley Castle," the unlikely vehicle for intrigue launches the pair on a Yuletide adventure that ranges from the Austens'modest drawing room to the awe-inspiring estate of the Dukes of Dovedale, where the Dowager Duchess is hosting the most anticipated event of the year: an elaborate twelve-day Christmas celebration. Will they find poinsettias or peril, dancing or danger? Is it possible that the fate of the British Empire rests in Arabella's and Turnip's hands, in the form of a festive Christmas pudding?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Pink Carnation

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 28, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781101977897
      • File size: 299861 KB
      • Duration: 10:24:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What separates Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series from other bodice-rippers is her tongue-in-cheek observations. And no one delivers sly character assassination better than narrator Kate Reading. She turns this historical romance/mystery into anything but the usual pallid adventures penned by Willig wannabes. In this episode, Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh--thought by many to be the Pink Carnation--meets Arabella Dempsey, a close friend of Jane Austen. The two discover a suspicious note hidden in a Christmas pudding. Reading is delicious as the tale of intrigue during the Napoleonic Wars unfolds, with healthy dollops of Willig's incomparable wit and steamy sex. As Turnip and Arabella attend the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale's 12 Days of Christmas fete, peril threatens, and love blossoms beneath the mistletoe. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 6, 2010
      The delightful latest entry in the Pink Carnation series finds bumbling Turnip Fitzhugh in over his head when he visits sister Sally at boarding school, where a chance encounter with school mistress Arabella Dempsey lures the siblings into a complex web of espionage and derring-do. Guest appearances by Dempsey's best friend Jane Austen and characters from previous installments of the series round out the laugh-out-loud holiday-themed romance of intrigue. Readers familiar with the series will relish this newest installment and rejoice that Turnip has finally been given his due and a wonderful foil in Arabella. While readers never feel that the espionage aspect would actually put anyone in real danger, it definitely makes for an exciting story.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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