Rake's Progress

Description based upon print version of record. The Fourth Book In M.c. Beaton's Charming A House For The Season Series. He's Just Not The Marrying Kind... Lord Guy Carlton, Late Of His Majesty's Regiment And Weary From The War In France, Has Only Wine, Women And Song In Mind When He Rents No. 67 Clarges Street For The Season. He Certainly Has No Desire For A Serious Attachment - And As For Marriage: Never! But Lord Guy Carlton Didn't Factor In The Lovely But Very Proper Miss Esther Jones. Although One Of The Richest Women In England She Is Also One Of The Most Innocent, Which Could Make Her An Unwilling Victim Of The Philandering Lord... And So, Once Again, It Is Up To The Downstairs Staff At Clarges Street To Devise A Campaign To Reform The Rake Who Is Laying Siege To Her Heart! 'romance Fans Are In For A Treat' - Booklist '[m. C. Beaton] Is The Best Of The Regency Writers' - Kirkus Reviews Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's Regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women and song in mind when he rents 67 Clarges Street for the Season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment, and as for marriage - never! But Lord Guy didn't factor in the lovely but very proper Miss Esther Jones. Althogh omne of the richest women in England she is also one of the most innocent, which could make her an unwilling victim of philandering lord. Once again, it is up to the downstairs staff at Clarges Street to devise a campaign to reform the rake who is laying seige to her heart! -- back cover. Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's Regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women and song in mind when he rents 67 Clarges Street for the Season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment, and as for marriage - never! But Lord Guy didn't factor in the lovely but very proper Miss Esther Jones. Althogh omne of the richest women in England she is also one of the most innocent, which could make her an unwilling victim of philandering lord. Once again, it is up to the downstairs staff at Clarges Street to devise a campaign to reform the rake who is laying siege to her heart! -- back cover Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series; now a major new drama from Sky 1