The Miser of Mayfair

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Is Number 67 Clarges Steet the unluckiest house in Mayfair? Every season the beau mondes of the Regency would hire a house in the heart of London’s fashionable West End at disproportionately high rent for often inferior accommodation and yet Number 67 Clarges Street, a town house complete with staff, remains vacant from year to year. Could it be that it is associated with ill luck and even death? Something must be done so that the servants of this house don’t lose their livelihood.

Salvation seems to come in the form of Roderick Sinclair who confirms he wishes to rent the house for the current season. The staff is overjoyed - until they find that Mr. Sinclair is a terrible miser who is planning no parties. Furthermore, his ward, Fiona, though a dazzling Highland beauty, does not seem to possess one bright idea in her head. But it is Rainbird, Number 67’s clever and elegant butler, who sees through her facade and resolves to help his mysterious mistress in whatever way he can.

©1986 Marion Chesney (P)2013 AudioGO

VERY FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING!!!

I truly enjoyed this novel. The plot is excellent, the characters are amazing. The author knows the time period very well, and she has done her research. Cannot wait for the next in series! Enjoy.

it was a little weird

I did not like how the book turned towards the end. it was just um, a little weird. like the author was trying to put in unnecessary sexual tension but just made the "hero" a big fat turd. like really, that pretty much ruined the book.

Entertaining

the story was fun enough, just wish there was enough research on the period and the "tone"

First in a series

I read the second one first and liked it enough to read the first in the series. This was just okay; I enjoyed the second one more, as the servants’ characters were more developed and I really liked that aspect to the story. I may not have persevered with the series if I started where I was supposed to.

Recommend

I really enjoyed this book and that the author gave us a different heroine. I expected to have more empathy for an orphaned rags-to-riches heroine, but parts of her personality were beyond the pale. That said, it's a good book and fun read.