The Mischief of the Mistletoe

'THERE SEEMS TO BE A MESSAGE WRITTEN INSIDE YOUR CHRISTMAS PUDDING. AND IT’ S IN FRENCH. MEET ME AT FARLEY CASTLE, TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MOST URGENT. ’

Her great friend Jane Austen warned her against accepting a position at Miss Climpson’ s Select Seminary for Young Ladies. Nevertheless, just before Christmas, Miss Arabella Dempsey finds herself face to face with French aristocrats and international spies - and it’ s all because of Reginald 'Turnip’ Fitzhugh, often mistaken for the elusive spy the Pink Carnation, who has blundered across her path.

When Turnip and Arabella discover a cryptic French message inside a beautifully wrapped Christmas pudding, they are launched on a festive adventure - from Jane Austen’ s modest house to the grand estate of the Dukes of Dovedale - and, perhaps, love blossoms along the way. . .