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The Scarlet Angel
The Scarlet Angel
Author: Elizabeth Palmer
ISBN-13: 9780312099176
ISBN-10: 0312099177
Publication Date: 9/1993
Pages: 266
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Publisher: St Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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This writer is like a modern day Jane Austen but with a really black sense of humor. Hijinks in British high society. Wicked fun!
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Camilla Vane agreed to marry wealthy George Marchant for one reason and one reason only--his money. But now her very presence at Marchants is upsetting the family's carefully constructed balanceing acts, revealing many long-buried secrets. Dangerous and unscrupulous, she leaves a path of destruction in her wake as she plots to control the family legacy. But Camilla Vane is a woman with a past, and a woman with a past is a woman who can be blackmailed...
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Marchants, one of England's finest country homes, has a new mistress. And life there will never be the same.

Camilla Vane agreed to marry wealthy George Marchant for one reason and one reason only--his money. But now her very presence at Marchants is upsetting the family's carefully con structed balancing acts, revealing many long-buried secrets. Dangerous and unscrupulous, she leaves a path of destruction in her wake as she plots to control the family legacy. Within a year, one family member has attempted suicide, one marriage has ended and one son is dead.

But Camilla Vane is a woman with a past, and a woman with a past is a woman who can be blackmailed...She just hasn't counted on the one person who will stop at nothing to save Marchants.

This book was a fair read. Would have enjoyed more if it had not had so much FOUL language!!
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Camilla Vane agreed to marry wealthy George Marchant for one reason - his monry. But now, her very prescence in Marchants is upsetting the family's carefully construscted balancing act, revealing many long-buried secrets. Dangerous and unscrupulous, she leaves a path of destruction in her wake as she plans to control the family legacy. Within a year, one family member has attempted suicide, one marriage has ended, and one on is dead.
But Camilla Vane is a woman with a past, and a woman with a past can be blackmailed.
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Camilla Vane agreed to marry wealthy George Marchant for one reason and one reason only - his money. But now her very presence at Marchants is upsetting the family's carefully constructed balancing acts, revealing many long-buried secrets. Dangerous and unscrupulous, she leaves a path of destruction in her wake as she plots to control the family legacy. Within a year, one family member attempted suicide, one marriage has ended and one son is dead...