num_pages: 253
description: Claudia Milmont has lived most of her joyless life with her grandparents, though her mother enjoys the fringes of society in London. When Claudiaâ€™s Aunt Sophie dies, a whole new world opens up for her. Cantankerous Sophie has instructed that her diamonds be buried with herâ€”and Claudia is determined to help her cousin retrieve them. But the charming Sir Hillary Thoreau, a nonesuch, is co-executor of Sophieâ€™s will and heâ€™s keeping a sharp eye out for any mischiefâ€”and for Claudia, too, it would seem.Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett
language: English
title: Aunt Sophie's Diamonds
publisher: Fawcett