A Pretty Puzzle - A Regency Romance

A PRETTY PUZZLE by Marilyn Clay, is a Regency Romance set near the walled city of Chester in England. Chelsea hadn't planned to be a deceiver. She'd been the prettiest—and most penniless—young lady at Miss Farringdon's Academy in Brighton. Befriending spoiled heiress Alayna Marchmont and telling her about a family scandal was a schoolgirl's naïve mistake. Now, Alayna has blackmailed Chelsea into spending a dull month in the country with Alayna's elderly aunt while pretending to be Alayna! Both girls are blonde and a similar size, and Aunt Millicent is nearly blind.

The plan might have worked but for the arrival of Aunt Millicent's nephew, Lord Rathbone, who has come to England to claim his bride, Miss Marchmont, sight unseen. Rathbone is not disappointed with his "fiancée." Against her will, Chelsea realizes she is falling in love with the handsome, albeit misled, nobleman. This affair of the heart could lead to disaster, unless she can find a way to stop the foolish masquerade without losing a handsome lord's love. 

"The pressure never lets up on this hero and heroine!" – Melissa Frederick.

"A clever tale, heartwarming and funny." - Emma Roundtree

MARILYN CLAY has authored ten Regencies. A PRETTY PUZZLE was originally published in print as BRIGHTON BEAUTY. Both are now in Ebook. Look for Marilyn Clay's newest Regency, THE WRONG MISS FAIRFAX. Look-alike cousins lead a confused gentleman on a merry chase in this Regency romp.

MARILYN CLAY is also the author of the popilar Miss Juliette Abbott Regency mystery series; MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MARGATE, MEDLEY PARK, MIDDLEWYCH, MAIDSTONE, MONTFORD HALL, MARSH LANE, MARTINDALE and the latest, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE; all now available in print and Ebook.

Marilyn Clay's clean, sweet, Regency romances do not contain strong language, graphic scenes or violence and are suitable for teen readers.

MARILYN CLAY's romantic historical novel DECEPTIONS, released in hardcover from Five Star Gale; is now available as an Ebook. Catherine travels to the New World in search of her betrothed but finds that not all is as it seems in the New World Colony and wonders who she can trust now? (Also in ebook as THE LETTER and DANGEROUS DECEPTIONS.)

SECRET AND LIES, a Colonial American novel by Marilyn Clay, is also set in Jamestown, was also originally published in hardcover and Ebook; re-released in paperback and ebook as A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES. Four young English girls travel to the New World on a Bride Ship but are shocked to discover what they find there! (Also in Ebook as DANGEROUS SECRETS)

BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY, set in 1776 Philadelphia. American icon Betsy Ross vows to uncover who is responsible for her husband John Ross' death but is drawn into an underworld of spies and double agents.

STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary murder mystery set in Dallas. Aspiring PI Amanda Mason sets out to clear her father of a murder charge but will she, or someone she loves, die in the process?

All of Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles, 18th & 19th Century English Women At Sea, History of the Water Closet and three books on Regency Period Furniture became online Best-Sellers. A former University Editor, and graphic designer, Marilyn Clay also founded and published The Regency Plume Newsletter. For more information, visit The Regency Plume website.