Coming in July 2008: A Royal Pain The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess—and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince’s path, in the hopes that he might finally lose interest in the dreaded Mrs. Simpson. But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach Princess Hanni the English she’s culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. Then there’s the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni’s unwitting involvement with the Communist Party. It’s enough to drive a girl crazy...

If you liked Bridget Jones...
If you adore royal scandals...
If you loved Charade and a touch of danger...
A sexy hero who is not quite trustworthy...
And you love to laugh...
Then you’ll want to read Rhys’s new venture:

Her Royal Spyness

Georgie, aka Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, cousin of King George V of England, is penniless and trying to survive on her own as an ordinary person in London in 1932.

So far she has managed to light a fire and boil an egg...
She’s gate-crashed a wedding...
She’s making money by secretly cleaning houses...
And she’s been asked to spy for Her Majesty the Queen.

Everything seems to be going swimmingly until she finds a body in her bathtub and someone is definitely trying to kill her.

On sale July 3, 2007.

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Try some authentic royal tea recipes on the recipe page.

"[T]his merry first in a new cozy series from Agatha-winner Bowen introduces a delightful heroine—Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie... Quirky characters... add to the fun. Georgie's madcap antics are certain to leave the reader eager for the next installment."
—Publisher's Weekly

"*Starred Review* Bowen, the Agatha winner responsible for the popular Molly Murphy series, has come up with another winner in her new heroine, Lady Georgina... [T]he best part here is Bowen's evocation of 1930s England. Drawing on Georgie's diary entries, she vividly portrays what daily life between the wars was like for a modern young woman bumping up against tradition... [T]his is a smashing romp."
—Booklist

“With echoes of Gosford Park and Snobs, Rhys Bowen has crafted an insightful blend of old-fashioned whodunnit, clever satire and drawing room comedy of errors—and created a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers. I’m sure the British royal family will take more than a little interest in the exploits of their long-lost cousin, Her Royal Spyness, Lady Georgiana Rannoch!”
—Jacqueline Winspear, author of The Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series

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