Miss Pickworth novels

"Housemaid Anne Webster will stop at nothing to save her family from their dire circumstances. Even if it means accepting the proposal of the roguish Marquess of Blackthorne, who just returned to England from the Americas under a veil of mystery. Both have their own agendas--she to use his riches and he to use her lace-making skills--but neither could have dreamed what they would discover on the other side of their scheming. As always, society tattler...

3) The courteous cad

Author

Palmer, Catherine

Series

Miss Pickworth novels volume 3

Pub. Date

2010.

Physical Desc

487 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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Determined to dedicate her life to a worthy cause, Prudence Watson discovers the inhumane working conditions at the local worsted mill and aims her reform efforts at the mill's owner, William Sherbourne, a retired Royal Navy officer with a reputation as a cad.