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Refining Felicity
Finessing Clarissa
Perfecting Fiona
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The School for Manners Series

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About this series

In this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a good minister’s daughter draws the eye of a naughty rake.

Once again, the twin Tribble sisters, Amy and Effie, take an awkward young lady into their charge to transform her and present her on the London social scene as the best any bachelor could ever hope for. This time it’s Harriet Brown, the prim and proper daughter of a Methodist minister. The sisters are confident they can find Harriet a worthy vicar or two by season’s end, provided they keep away the rakish gambler Lord Charles Marsham…

ABOUT THE SERIES


The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 15, 2014
Refining Felicity
Finessing Clarissa
Perfecting Fiona

Titles in the series (6)

  • Perfecting Fiona

    Perfecting Fiona
    Perfecting Fiona

    In this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a Scottish heiress has a way with men that drives them…away. Amy and Effie Tribble make their living refining difficult, spoiled, and awkward young women into prime marriage material. But they are rather perplexed by their latest client, Scottish heiress Fiona McCloud. Beautiful, demure, and refined, Fiona has received several offers of marriage, but after each suitor is left alone with the girl, they flee, never to be seen again. It turns out she’s an incurable flirt. Helping her out will be quite the challenge for the Tribble sisters, but with Fiona drawing attention from the son of a duke, perhaps Amy and Effie won’t need to worry… ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart.

  • Refining Felicity

    Refining Felicity
    Refining Felicity

    In this Regency romance series opener by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, two chaperones must tame a boisterous young lady. Although they still dream of getting married one day, elderly and impoverished sisters Amy and Effie Tribble must face the reality that they need money. Their plan: to market their skills as professional chaperones. With an advertisement in the newspaper offering to refine “a wild, unruly, or undisciplined daughter,” they hope for the best. Enter high-spirited Lady Felicity Vane. Her father wanted a boy, and her manners show it. She rides her horse through the rose garden and is happier hunting animals than husbands. It will certainly take a miracle to reform Felicity into marriage material, but in the hands of the Tribble sisters, anything is possible… ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart.

  • Finessing Clarissa

    Finessing Clarissa
    Finessing Clarissa

    In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, an awkward redhead needs help finding love. In the fourth volume in the School for Manners series, we meet another of the young ladies deemed unsuitable for marriage due to some awkward attribute. This time it is the remarkably clumsy Clarissa Vevian, whose Junoesque proportions and flame-colored hair make her a daunting prospect for marriage-minded dandies. Dispatched to London by her despairing family, she is taken in hand by the redoubtable Tribble sisters, Amy and Effie, who tutor, groom and pummel her into shape for an accident-ridden debut. When the Earl of Greystone, a most eligible bachelor, Clarissa will certainly leave an impression…   ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart. “With customary grace, Chesney charms with this latest Regency froth.”—Publishers Weekly

  • Enlightening Delilah

    Enlightening Delilah
    Enlightening Delilah

    In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, one little kiss causes big trouble for a debutante. The formidable but lovable spinster sisters, Amy and Effie Tribble are back with their salty exchanges and impossible schemes. Earning their livings by sponsoring young girls and finding them husbands, they take on the case of Delilah, a beautiful, mindlessly flirtatious country heiress. What puzzles everyone is why such a beauty is unmarried at 23, and why she is ensconced in the London school of the zany Tribbles. The answer is found in the handsome person of Sir Charles Digby, returned from the Napoleonic Wars and startled to learn he is the cause of Delilah’s single state. He’s eager to remedy it—if Delilah doesn’t botch things up first… ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart. “Still the best of the Regency assortment: old fans—and new ones—can dig in with total confidence.”—Kirkus Reviews

  • Animating Maria

    Animating Maria
    Animating Maria

    In this Regency romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a young lady’s parents hinder her chances at marriage. Amy and Effy Tribble can't believe their luck. After four seasons spent molding intractable, wayward, or just plain frumpy young women into marriage material, their fifth Season in the chaperone business brings them a dream client. Maria Kendall, is beautiful, impeccably mannered, effortlessly graceful, and extremely well-dowered. She is a perfect candidate for marriage, even if none of her real suitors—especially the proud and aristocratic Duke of Berham—quite live up to her dreams. But when the Duke meets Maria’s vulgar and boorish parents his proposal is quickly withdrawn. Amy and Effy soon realize that they face their greatest challenge yet—taking on not only Maria, but the hopelessly common Kendalls as well.   ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart. “Another welcome return for the oddball spinster sisters…who grow more charming with every outing…. A deservedly popular series that gets only better.”—Kirkus Reviews

  • Marrying Harriet

    Marrying Harriet
    Marrying Harriet

    In this Regency romance by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a good minister’s daughter draws the eye of a naughty rake. Once again, the twin Tribble sisters, Amy and Effie, take an awkward young lady into their charge to transform her and present her on the London social scene as the best any bachelor could ever hope for. This time it’s Harriet Brown, the prim and proper daughter of a Methodist minister. The sisters are confident they can find Harriet a worthy vicar or two by season’s end, provided they keep away the rakish gambler Lord Charles Marsham… ABOUT THE SERIES The Misses Tribble, Amy and Effie, spinster sisters of a certain age, have lived for years on expectations of a great inheritance. When this fails to materialize, they are truly destitute. Desperate, they advertise that they will refine wild and unruly daughters, present them, and see them safely wed. The School for Manners six book series follows these two stalwart spinsters as they undertake enterprises of matchmaking and navigate the troublesome machinations of the London marriage mart.

Author

M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton (1936-2019), the “Queen of Crime” (The Globe and Mail), was the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels -- the basis for the hit show on Acorn TV and public television -- as well as the Hamish Macbeth series and the Edwardian Murder Mysteries featuring Lady Rose Summer. Born in Scotland, she started her career writing historical romances under several pseudonyms and her maiden name, Marion Chesney. In 2006, M.C. was the British guest of honor at Bouchercon.

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