Mr. Malcolm's List
Jul 2020 · Penguin
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements—deserves his comeuppance.
The Honourable Mr. Jeremy Malcolm is searching for a wife, but not just any wife. As the target of matchmaking mothers and desperate debutantes, he's determined to avoid the fortune hunters and find a near-perfect woman, one who will meet the qualifications on his well-crafted list. But after years of searching, he's beginning to despair of ever finding this paragon. Until Selina Dalton arrives in town.
Selina, a vicar's daughter of limited means and a stranger to high society, is thrilled when her friend Julia Thistlewaite invites her to London, until she learns it's all part of a plot to exact revenge on Mr. Malcolm. Selina is reluctant to participate in Julia's scheme, especially after meeting the irresistible Mr. Malcolm, who appears to be very different from the arrogant scoundrel of Julia's description.
But when Mr. Malcolm begins judging Selina against his unattainable standards, Selina decides that she has some qualifications of her own. And if he is to meet them he must reveal the real man behind...Mr. Malcolm's List.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements—deserves his comeuppance.
The Honourable Mr. Jeremy Malcolm is searching for a wife, but not just any wife. As the target of matchmaking mothers and desperate debutantes, he's determined to avoid the fortune hunters and find a near-perfect woman, one who will meet the qualifications on his well-crafted list. But after years of searching, he's beginning to despair of ever finding this paragon. Until Selina Dalton arrives in town.
Selina, a vicar's daughter of limited means and a stranger to high society, is thrilled when her friend Julia Thistlewaite invites her to London, until she learns it's all part of a plot to exact revenge on Mr. Malcolm. Selina is reluctant to participate in Julia's scheme, especially after meeting the irresistible Mr. Malcolm, who appears to be very different from the arrogant scoundrel of Julia's description.
But when Mr. Malcolm begins judging Selina against his unattainable standards, Selina decides that she has some qualifications of her own. And if he is to meet them he must reveal the real man behind...Mr. Malcolm's List.
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4.1
14 reviews
Sue Galuska
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July 28, 2020
The rich, Honourable Mr. Jeremy Malcolm, may be the second son of an earl, but he is currently looking for a wife. He's tired of having every debutante thrown into his face. Jeremy has come up with a list of attributes that he feels his future wife has to possess. When Julia Thistlewaite is hurt and embarrassed because she did not meet Mr. Malcolm's criteria she hatches a plan to get back at him. Julia invites her old schoolmate, Selina Dalton, to London for a visit. If Selina could capture Malcolm's attention, then act like he doesn't possess all the criteria on Selina's list, Jeremy would see what it feels like. The problem is is that Selina realizes that Jeremy isn't like Julia claims and she just may be falling in love with him. Just when it looks like Selina and Jeremy are going to become betrothed, all hell breaks loose and their worlds come crashing down on them. It will take some interference from their well meaning families for these two to find their happy ending, but they eventually do. I enjoyed the premise of this story. At times I really enjoyed reading this book but then other times it seemed as if the story was jumping all over the place. It also seemed at times to be more of a contemporary story instead of an historical one. Overall I didn't hate this book, I just didn't love it.
Dee Poellnitz
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September 4, 2022
Although predictable, as most stories depicting that time period are, watching it all unfold was very entertaining.
About the author
Suzanne Allain is a screenwriter who lived in New York and Beijing before returning to her hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, where she lives with her husband. She makes frequent visits to Los Angeles for work, but one of her most memorable trips was to London to see her script MR. MALCOLM'S LIST: OVERTURE being filmed.
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