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Maria Kendall, possessing extraordinary beauty and impeccable manners, is seen by London's polite society as a perfect matchmaker’s prize. She is under the care of Amy and Effy Tribble, two eccentric spinster sisters who thrive on setting up marriages for seemingly impossible suitors. Yet when Maria’s prospective matches, including the roguish and highly aristocratic Duke of Berham, confront her unruly and boorish parents, all plans for marriage collapse. The Tribble sisters are now faced with perhaps their toughest test yet: convincing not only Maria herself but also her family, whose common background and attitudes threaten to derail their matchmaking ambitions.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Marion Chesney
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