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When schoolmarm Arabella Dempsey and Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh--often mistaken for the elusive spy The Pink Carnation--stumble upon a Christmas pudding with a cryptic message, the pair embark on a Yuletide adventure that ranges from Jane Austen's modest drawing room to a duchess's lavish 12-day Christmas celebration. Reprint.
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Despite her dear friend Jane Austen's warning against teaching, Arabella Dempsey accepts a position at a girls' school in Bath, just before Christmas. She hardly imagines coming face-to-face with French aristocrats and international spies.Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh-often mistaken for the elusive spy known as the Pink Carnation-has blundered into danger before. When Turnip and Arabella find their Christmas pudding yielding a cryptic message, they are launched on a Yuletide adventure. Will they find poinsettias-or peril?
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