A Rather Lovely Inheritance by C. A. Belmond
When Penny Nichols is summoned from her interesting but exhausting research work on made-for-TV movies about heroines from history she has no idea the what amazing adventures await her. It is actually her parents who are summoned for the reading of her great-aunt Penelope's (her namesake) will, but her parents are too ill to travel. So off Penny jets to London to meet with her lawyer cousin Jeremy and the other relatives. Several surprises await her there: her cousin is dishy; her great-aunt Penelope leaves her a legacy; some of her relatives are not happy about their share of the estate and there is another will - this one for the French portion of the estate and she receives a gift from that also - the contents of the garage which includes an antique Dragonetta automobile. Sounds like a great story, you say? Well it is and what I have told you barely scratches the surface! There's theft, nasty relatives, red herrings, travel through France, Italy and England, mysterious connections to people who everyone thinks are blood relatives, but aren't. In other words, a grand read!
When Penny Nichols is summoned from her interesting but exhausting research work on made-for-TV movies about heroines from history she has no idea the what amazing adventures await her. It is actually her parents who are summoned for the reading of her great-aunt Penelope's (her namesake) will, but her parents are too ill to travel. So off Penny jets to London to meet with her lawyer cousin Jeremy and the other relatives. Several surprises await her there: her cousin is dishy; her great-aunt Penelope leaves her a legacy; some of her relatives are not happy about their share of the estate and there is another will - this one for the French portion of the estate and she receives a gift from that also - the contents of the garage which includes an antique Dragonetta automobile. Sounds like a great story, you say? Well it is and what I have told you barely scratches the surface! There's theft, nasty relatives, red herrings, travel through France, Italy and England, mysterious connections to people who everyone thinks are blood relatives, but aren't. In other words, a grand read!
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