num_pages: 232
description: Shes capable of many thingsincluding driving him mad.At the start of their London Season Philippa Clavering discovers her friend Susan is being pursued by the wrong gentleman and decides to turn Susans head to a worthier suitor. Not one to shrink from what she views as her duty and gift Philippa sets in motion plans to bring about the happy ending her friend deserves. What she does not expect is to have Susans older brother watchingand criticizingher every move.After a respectable number of years on the town Jack Blythefield is at last contemplating the idea of settling down. What he seeks is a compliant wife to provide him an heir or two and make his home comfortable while he spends his evenings at the club where a man can get some peace. What he does not need is a termagant who sets his life on end with madcap schemes which invariably involve his unwilling assistance.However when the reputation of Jacks family is threatened Philippa is the one he turns to. And as her most determined suitor grows assured of his conquest Jack must decide if a comfortable and docile wife is truly what he seeks or if he should throw down the gauntlet of his heart before Philippa closes court.Philippa Holds Court is the second in the Clavering Chronicles series after A Fall from Grace and it is a clean &amp; wholesome Regency romance written in the traditional style. 
language: English
title: Philippa Holds Court
publisher: KDP Select