Beatrice Goes to Brighton, M. C. Beaton
Beatrice Goes to Brighton, M. C. Beaton
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Beatrice Goes to Brighton
A Novel of Regency England

Author: M. C. Beaton

Narrator: Helen Lisanti

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2012


Synopsis

Join matchmaker Miss Hannah Pym for a romantic seaside adventure in the delightful fourth installment in the Traveling Matchmaker seriesA dead employer’s legacy of five thousand pounds has allowed charming spinster Hannah Pym to give up her housekeeping work and to travel the English countryside, where she encounters adventure and many opportunities to ply her expert matchmaking skills.Lady Beatrice Marsham has quite the problem. No sooner is she widowed from a brutish gambling husband than her heartless family is forcing her into another horrid marriage. Fleeing by stagecoach to the Brighton seaside, the proud beauty meets Miss Hannah Pym, who is determined to find her a proper match.The handsome and kind Lord Alistair Munro would be perfect. Unfortunately, he is convinced by the town gossip that proclaims Lady Beatrice a cruel flirt. Miss Pym, however, is not worried. The young lady’s hard heart has softened much since coming to Brighton, and though Lord Alistair disapproves of the old Lady Beatrice, he is sure to fall in love with the new and improved model by Miss Pym’s clever design.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton (1936–2019), hailed as the “Queen of Crime” by the Globe and Mail, was the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels—the basis for the hit series on Acorn TV—as well as the Hamish Macbeth series. Born in Scotland, Beaton also wrote nearly one hundred historical romances under several pseudonyms. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages and sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide.

About Helen Lisanti

Helen Lisanti graduated from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and performed on stage in numerous repertory and West End plays before moving to the United States, where she has worked as a voice actor for more than fifteen years. Helen’s eclectic résumé includes corporate productions, e-learning projects, television, radio, and Internet commercials. She has narrated several children’s stories, timeless classics, and was a 2007 Hollywood Book Festival audiobook category winner.


Reviews

Goodreads review by HR-ML

Regency, Kindle edition. This was a kisses only, witty, mostly happy, little love story by the late M.C. Beaton. Lady Beatrice's imbiber, gambler spouse died. Her parents insisted she wed Sir Geoffrey who made a fool of himself. Bea distrusted and disliked men, flirted w/ them & then rejected them. B......more

In this fourth volume, Miss Pym is on her way to Brighton to see the sea again and becomes involved in another wild adventure. Traveling on the coach is one Lady Beatrice Marsham, who at first seems very cold and distant. When Lady Beatrice is taken away by a rough gentleman, Hannah becomes convince......more


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“Top-notch Regency fare.” RT Book Reviews, praise for the author