Miss Darby's Debut [NOOK Book]

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Overview

MISS DARBY'S DEBUT is a Regency romance novel that place in London in 1816. Miss Tessa Darby travels to England from America to escape the tyranny of a cruel step-father; and to do her utmost to reform the harsh child labor laws of her birth country. Harrison Belmour, the fifth Earl of Penwyck, and member of the House of Lords, is the very sort of influential gentleman Tessa wishes to meet with her impassioned plea. But a more self-righteous man Tessa has never met! The exasperating earl simply cannot tolerate a woman interested in politics! If only her narrow-minded nemesis were not also the most educated, principled, and desirable of men.

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Overview

MISS DARBY'S DEBUT is a Regency romance novel that place in London in 1816. Miss Tessa Darby travels to England from America to escape the tyranny of a cruel step-father; and to do her utmost to reform the harsh child labor laws of her birth country. Harrison Belmour, the fifth Earl of Penwyck, and member of the House of Lords, is the very sort of influential gentleman Tessa wishes to meet with her impassioned plea. But a more self-righteous man Tessa has never met! The exasperating earl simply cannot tolerate a woman interested in politics! If only her narrow-minded nemesis were not also the most educated, principled, and desirable of men.

Harrison Belmour is having the devil of a time controlling the deplorable behavior of his mother’s houseguest, the auburn-haired, spectacle-making Miss Darby. The stubborn Miss Darby simply will not take direction and the last thing the aristocratic Belmour family needs is another scandal! Still, the earl has to admit there is something refreshingly tantalizing about a beautiful woman who is also intelligent. But, he refuses to believe that he is falling in love with the willful American chit, even if he continues to reflect on what a perfect countess she would make!

Editorial Reviews

Melissa Frederick
“Another unusual plot from the talented pen of Marilyn Clay! I loved both Tessa and the Earl of Penwyck. Readers will laugh aloud at the dance lesson!”
Cynthia Hawthorne
“Ms. Clay handles social reform issues in Regency England with aplomb! A perfect blend of romance, humor and captivating plot.”

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940014511964
  • Publisher: MARILYN CLAY
  • Publication date: 4/12/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 440,423
  • File size: 168 KB

Meet the Author

MARILYN CLAY is a multi-published author and respected historian of the Regency period in English history. For sixteen years, she published The Regency Plume Newsletter, an international newsletter featuring well-researched and documented article written by herself and other published Regency and historical authors which are useful to writers, historians and others interested in all aspects of the 18th and early 19th centuries in English history. Marilyn Clay was invited by the editors of Garland Books to contribute historical essays to an Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, from the 1780s – 1830s, published in 1992. In the late 1990s Kensington Books published six of Marilyn Clay’s Regency romance novels, all of which have been translated to foreign languages.

MARILYN CLAY’s most recent book, SECRETS AND LIES: A Jamestown Novel (set in Colonial America) will be released in hardcover by Five Star Gale in May 2012 with an e-version for the Nook available in 2013. DECEPTIONS: A Jamestown Novel was a hardcover release in July 2010 from Five Star Gale, with a second, large-print edition released in December 2010. DECEPTIONS is already available as an e-book for the Nook. Before Marilyn began writing, she enjoyed a successful career as a commercial artist in Dallas, Texas. She now lives in Oklahoma and shares her home with a beautiful tuxedo kitty-cat named Heidi, who generally snoozes while her Mom writes.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 19, 2012

    Very well done! The hero and heroine were well-drawn and interes

    Very well done! The hero and heroine were well-drawn and interesting characters. An amusing story with depth.

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