Mr. Malcolm's List (Movie Tie-In)

Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Allain Klappentext NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements—deserves his comeuppance. The Honourable Mr. Jeremy Malcolm is searching for a wife, but not just any wife. As the target of matchmaking mothers and desperate debutantes, he's determined to avoid the fortune hunters and find a near-perfect woman, one who will meet the qualifications on his well-crafted list. But after years of searching, he's beginning to despair of ever finding this paragon. Until Selina Dalton arrives in town. Selina, a vicar's daughter of limited means and a stranger to high society, is thrilled when her friend Julia Thistlewaite invites her to London, until she learns it's all part of a plot to exact revenge on Mr. Malcolm. Selina is reluctant to participate in Julia's scheme, especially after meeting the irresistible Mr. Malcolm, who appears to be very different from the arrogant scoundrel of Julia's description. But when Mr. Malcolm begins judging Selina against his unattainable standards, Selina decides that she has some qualifications of her own. And if he is to meet them he must reveal the real man behind...Mr. Malcolm's List. Leseprobe Chapter 1 The Honorable Jeremy Malcolm, second son of the Earl of Kilbourne, was the biggest catch of the season the year of our Lord 1818. It was true he had no title of his own and was only a younger son, but his aunt on his mother’s side had left him the bulk of her sizeable fortune and a large country house in Kent. He also had his considerable personal assets to recommend him. Only the most ambitious of young misses would overlook the handsome Mr. Malcolm in favor of the Marquess of Mumford, who was at least fifty and had no chin, just for the privilege of hearing herself called “my lady.” For what woman would choose to be called “my lady” when she might enjoy the sole honor of being called “Malcolm’s lady?” But it was beginning to look as if no woman was ever to enjoy that inestimable privilege. For, though he was by no means a hermit, and attended Almack’s along with various other balls, routs, and assemblies, Mr. Malcolm was earning a reputation as a Trifler, a Breaker of Hearts, a Destroyer of Young Ladies’ Dreams. “A what?” Malcolm asked his friend Lord Cassidy, upon being told of the latest gossip concerning him. “A Destroyer of Young Ladies’ Dreams,” Cassie told him, enunciating slowly and carefully. “What rot,” Malcolm replied, turning to survey the ballroom, and one beautiful debutante in particular. “Perhaps the gossips are correct. You paid very particular attentions to my cousin Julia, and now have not been to call in over a week.” Malcolm turned to look at his friend, one eyebrow raised. “I escorted your cousin to the opera. Once. I did not pay her ‘very particular attentions.’?” “What actually occurred is beside the point. It’s what people say that matters. And when you did not call again, how did that make Julia look? She spent two whole days locked in her bedchamber because she did not want to face anyone.” “If that is typical of Miss Thistlewaite’s behavior, she has no cause to complain when people speak ill of her.” Cassie did not reply, letting his silence on the subject speak for itself. He assumed a wounded expression and, although Malcolm staunchly defended his friend whenever it was remarked that Lord Cassidy closely resembled a hound, Malcolm could not deny the likeness was particularly strong when Cassie was sulking. “I  am sorry, Cassie, that your cousin has become the target of gossips.” The large brown eyes continued to stare at him reproachfully. “I did not set out to distress her, but neither am I going to propose marriage to a woman merely because I took her to...

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Allain
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.2022
• EAN: 9780593547564
• ISBN: 978-0-593-54756-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature