Kathleen Tessaro 3-Book Collection: The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector
Three stunning novels from the bestselling author of Elegance and Innocence.THE FLIRT‘Unique situation available for attractive, well mannered, reasonably educated young man. Hours irregular. Pay generous. Discretion a must.’In a small office in Half Moon Street, Hughie Venables-Smythe discovers the world of the professional flirt. A timeless art, it can save a marriage or lift a heart faster than any therapy.But is flirtation as innocent as it seems – or can it lead to far more dangerous territories of the heart?THE DEBUTANTECate is a gifted young artist who survives in New York by producing remarkable copies of Old Masters. She arrives in London to stay with her aunt Rachel who owns an auction house, determined to leave the pain of her past behind.Cate is sent to Devon with Rachel's colleague Jack to value the contents of Endsleigh, a grand Georgian home. But inside, its once elegant interiors are now worn with age and dust, and Cate quickly becomes engaged in solving the mystery of the former occupant, Baby Blythe. Bright, beautiful and reckless, she was the most famous debutante of her generation.The clues in the box reveal a tale of a dark, addictive love, a tale that will lead Cate to uncover some secrets of her own.THE PERFUME COLLECTOROne letter will turn newly-married Grace Munroe’s life upside down:‘Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs Eva D’Orsey and it is our duty to inform you that you are named as the chief beneficiary in her will…’There is only one problem. Grace has never heard of Eva D’Orsey.So begins a journey which leads Grace through the streets of Paris and into the seductive world of perfumers and their muses. An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank will lead her to unravel the heartbreaking story of her mysterious benefactor, an extraordinary woman who bewitched high society in 1920s New York and Paris.
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KATHLEEN TESSARO 3-BOOK COLLECTION: The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector
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The Flirt first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2008
The Debutante first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2010
The Perfume Collector first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
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Source ISBN: 9780007330676, 9780007366019, 9780007419838
Ebook Edition © December 2013 ISBN: 9780007548521
Version: 2017-11-29
Contents
KATHLEEN TESSARO
THE FLIRT
‘More heart than you’ll ever find on a catwalk … written with élan and panache.’
Daily Mail
‘It’s friendship, not elegance, that proves Louise’s real saviour, and the friendships that develop through the book are drawn carefully and with insight.’
Independent
‘A perfect pick-me-up.’
Cosmopolitan
‘It’s surprising that this is Kathleen Tessaro’s first novel as her style shows the confidence and ease of a more seasoned writer. A charming, entertaining novel.’
Punch
Contents
Chapter 5: Free Lunch or a Shag
Chapter 7: The King of the Tennis Ball
Chapter 8: A Stranger at the Garrick Club
Chapter 9: 111 Half Moon Street
Chapter 10: A Subtle Twist of Fate
Chapter 13: Professional Massagers of the Female Ego
Chapter 14: La Dame aux Camélias
Chapter 15: High Tea at Claridge’s
Chapter 16: A Brief History of the Professional Flirt (A Small Digression)
Chapter 17: The World’s Most Exclusive Hairdresser
Chapter 18: Another Moriarty Original
Chapter 21: Make Me a Willow Cabin at Your Gate
Chapter 22: The Cardinal Rule (A Moment of Silence, Please, for Freddie)
Chapter 26: Breakfast at Graff
Chapter 27: Professional Massagers of the Female Ego at Large (Part One)
Chapter 28: Professional Massagers of the Female Ego at Large (Part Two)
Chapter 31: Professional Massagers of the Female Ego at Large (Part Three)
Chapter 35: Love According to Flick
Chapter 36: The History of the Cyrano (Another Digression)
Chapter 38: The Perfect Plan (Hughie’s Version)
Chapter 44: Into the Care of Mr Lewis
Chapter 45: International Polo Player
Chapter 48: The Next Generation
Chapter 50: Meant for Better Things
Chapter 57: Two for the Price of One
The ad appeared in the Stage in the second week of September, when the Edinburgh Festival was officially over and real life made its unpleasant appearance again in the collective consciousness of the large number of unemployed young actors who populate the London area.
It read:
Unique situation available for an attractive, well-mannered, morally flexible young man. Hours irregular. Pay generous. Discretion a must.
Please send photo and brief romantic history to:
Valentine Charles
111 Half Moon Street
Mayfair, London
Hughie Armstrong Venables-Smythe was sitting at his usual table, next to the window in Jack’s Café, armed with a pen he’d nicked from the waitress, a strong cup of builder’s tea and his mobile phone, which was running out of credit. Outside, the sun was radiant, the air sharp with a brisk autumn breeze. Elderly shoppers, dragging battered tartan trolleys, paused to examine the merits of the half-price bleach in pink plastic baskets outside the Everything For a Pound shop on Kilburn High Road. Others hurled themselves into bargaining sessions with the red-faced Irish butcher, his bacon suspiciously reasonable.
