000			02988cam a22004458i 4500
001			on1137741547
003			OCoLC
005			20200807100601.0
008			200117s2020 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2020001337
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dSINLB _dIP6 _dHQD _dGO3 _dNZAUC _dUKMGB _dNFG
015			_aGBC081710 _2bnb
016	7		_a019834485 _2Uk
020			_a9781250178398 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1250178398 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1137741547
042			_apcc
092			_aMONTCLAI _bALLISON
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMontclair, Allison, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA royal affair / _cAllison Montclair.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMinotaur Books, _c2020.
300			_a320 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aA Sparks & Bainbridge mystery ; _v[2]
520			_a"More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair's delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary to handle the growing demand. Unfortunately, they don't yet have the necessary means. So when a woman arrives - a cousin of Gwen's - with an interesting and quite remunerative proposition, they two of them are all ears. The cousin, one Lady Matheson, works for the Queen in "some capacity" and is in need of some discreet investigation. It seems that the Princess Elizabeth has developed feelings for a dashing Greek prince and a blackmail note has arrived, alluding to some potentially damaging information about said prince. Wanting to keep this out of the palace gossip circles, but also needing to find out what skeletons might lurk in the prince's closet, the palace has quietly turned to Gwen and Iris. Without causing a stir, the two of them must now find out what secrets lurk in the prince's past, before his engagement to the future Queen of England is announced. And there's more at stake than the future of the Empire - there is their potential new office that lies in the balance"--Provided by publisher.
600	0	0	_aElizabeth _bII, _cQueen of Great Britain, _d1926- _vFiction. _9104032
650		0	_aWomen-owned business enterprises _vFiction. _9123683
650		0	_aInvestigations _vFiction. _92805
650		0	_aExtortion _vFiction. _920160
651		0	_aLondon (England) _xHistory _y20th century _vFiction. _9113447
655		7	_aBiographical fiction. _2lcgft _9682
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _9464
800	1		_aMontclair, Allison. _tSparks & Bainbridge mystery ; _v2.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c312364 _d312364