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A Most Peculiar Circumstance

by Jen Turano
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Delightful Blend of Love and Laughter
in Turano's Sophomore Novel
Miss Arabella Beckett has one driving passion: to help the downtrodden women of America. Naturally, she supports the women's suffrage movement and eagerly attends rallies and lectures across the country. On her travels, she makes a simple offer of assistance to a young woman in need that goes sadly awry and lands both ladies in more trouble than they can manage. An independent sort, Arabella is loath to admit she needs help and certainly doesn't need help from an arrogant, narrow-minded knight in shining armor.
Mr. Theodore Wilder, private investigator extraordinaire, is on a mission. A mission that began as a favor to his good friend Hamilton Beckett, but swiftly evolved into a merry chase across the country. By the time he finally tracks down Hamilton's sister, Arabella, he is in a less than pleasant mood. When the lady turns out to have radical ideas and a fiercely independent streak, he soon finds himself at his wit's end.
When they return home to New York, circumstances force their paths to continue to cross, but the most peculiar feelings growing between them certainly can't be love. When the trouble Arabella had accidentally stirred up seems to have followed her to New York and threatens her very life, the unlikely couple must face the possibility that they might have landed in the most peculiar circumstance of all: love.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Ladies of Distinction

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  • Release date

    June 1, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9781441261519

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      • ISBN: 9781441261519
      • File size: 1127 KB

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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      Starred review from May 15, 2013
      Wherever fearless suffragist Arabella Beckett goes, trouble follows, because in 1880 proper ladies are not supposed to fight for the vote or carry a pistol. Arabella would rather protect herself than rely on a man, thank you very much. But when she ends up in a small-town jail with Miss James, a young woman she's saved from kidnapping and prostitution, she has no choice but to allow herself and her new friend to be sprung by Theodore Wilder, a famous private eye sent by her family. Wilder is tall, strong, handsome, intelligent, and the most pig-headed chauvinist Arabella has ever met. In all of his travels, Theodore has never come across a woman like Arabella. He's both annoyed and fascinated by her self-sufficient manner. In fact, if she were a man, he'd admire her quick wit and heroic endeavors. But she's most definitely a woman, and she doesn't know her place, something he intends to remedy. This madcap battle of the sexes is the sequel to Turano's hilarious A Change of Fortune (2012), and it is perfect for any reader who enjoys stories bubbling with humor.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

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