A Nefarious Engagement: A Regency Cozy (Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries)

Having long abandoned any hope of making a match, twenty-six-year-old Beatrice Hyde-Clare finds herself a little overwhelmed by her engagement to the Duke of Kesgrave. Cloying society matrons clamor for her attention while her aunt reels off an endless list of servants she will have to oversee. Even the most intrepid female would quake at the prospect of managing eight footmen! Fortunately, Bea knows the perfect distraction—an intriguing mystery—and pays a call on the Countess of Abercrombie, who had promised her that very thing only the evening before. But her ladyship is reluctant to discuss the details with a newly minted duchess-to-be, and it dawns on Bea that the investigation cuts closer to home than she could have ever imagined. Because this time the murder victims are her own mother and father, who had died twenty years before in a seemingly straightforward boating accident. Alas, nothing is straightforward, and as Bea digs into her past, she discovers with growing horror that she has no more idea how to be a daughter than she does a duchess. Readers are LOVING the fourth instalment in the Beatrice Hyde-Clare series! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “…This final instalment is a gem . We luckily get more of Grandmother. We understand so much more about everyone in Bea’s life. I don’t want to give anything away, but it’s truly satisfying .” – Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “ Excellent as usual! ” – Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “ Superb .This series keeps getting better and better if that is possible. I have fallen in love with the Duke and Bea and their special relationship. They are so in sync and have brilliant minds! As always the story and narrator pair together with perfection !” – Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “… I love how Messina writes the Bea-Damien dynamic. It’s so warm, compelling and heart warming . They have fast become my favourite fictional pairing and I can’t get them out of my head…” – Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “… This book is charming, romantic, funny – and has pathos. I am so glad I discovered this series and this author and book 5 simply cannot come soon enough. In the interim I think I will just have to keep re-reading the first four novels and writing fan fic!!!” – Goodreads Reviewer – ASIN: 1942218486 | ISBN13: 9781942218487 | ISBN-13: 978-1942218487