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The Paid Companion
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The Paid Companion (2004) (edit title/settings)

by Amanda Quick (Author) (edit contributors)

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Elenora Lodge is in quite a fix. Her stepfather lost her farm and all of her possessions in a mining venture, and her fiance dumps her faster than the proverbial hot potato. But Elenora is practical and pragmatic. So when Arthur Lancaster, earl of St. Merryn, offers her a position as a paid... read more

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Elenora Lodge is in quite a fix. Her stepfather lost her farm and all of her possessions in a mining venture, and her fiance dumps her faster than the proverbial hot potato. But Elenora is practical and pragmatic. So when Arthur Lancaster, earl of St. Merryn, offers her a position as a paid... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Elenora Lodge is in quite a fix. Her stepfather lost her farm and all of her possessions in a mining venture, and her fiance dumps her faster than the proverbial hot potato. But Elenora is practical and pragmatic. So when Arthur Lancaster, earl of St. Merryn, offers her a position as a paid companion, she accepts. St. Merryn is in a bit of a fix himself. His favorite uncle has been murdered, and he's sworn vengeance on the killer, a mad alchemist intent on perfecting the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Unfortunately, St. Merryn's fiancee has also dumped him, and his renewed status as one of London's most eligible bachelors is interfering with his quest for justice, hence his paying Elenora to pose as his new fiancee.

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  • Miss Elenora Lodge: heroine of the story; became a paid companion after the creditors of her stepfather turned her out from her house.
  • Arthur Lancaster, Earl of St. Merryn: hero of the story; he is looking for the murderer of his great-uncle George thus proposed to Elenora to become his fraud fiancee to distract the Polite Society from his schemes.
  • Bennett Fleming: a trusted friend of St. Merryn; likes to read novels
  • Mrs. Margaret Lancaster: relative of St. Merryn; was tasked by St. Merryn to became the chaperon of Elenora; she is a writer of novels for the Minerva Press, her pen name is Margaret Mallory.
  • Miss Juliana Graham: former fiancee of St. Merryn; she eloped with Roland Burnley
  • Roland Burnley: eloped with Miss Juliana Graham
  • Jeremy Clyde: former fiance of Miss Lodge; he broke off the engagement after the creditors turned out Elenora
  • Parker: murdered St Merryn's great uncle George and Glentworth; he is the grandson of Lord Treyford; and proclaimed himself as the second Newton
  • Samuel Jones: stepfather of Elenora; died of apoplexy when he learned that the mining scheme where he had invested failed
  • Mr. Hitchins: a Bow Street Runner; Elenora first met him during the time when she was being evicted from her house by her stepfather's creditors
  • Mrs. Egan: former employer of Elenora
  • Lucinda Colyer: friend of Elenora; also a paid companion for Mrs. Blancheflower
  • Charlotte Atwater: friend of Elenora; also a paid companion
  • Ibbitts: butler of St. Merryn
  • Sally: a maid in St. Merryn's mansion
  • Ned: a footman in St. Merryn's mansion
  • George Lancaster: great uncle of St. Merryn who was murdered by Parker; one of the founders of The Society of Stones
  • Lord Hathersage: considered himself a connoisseur of women; had the first dance of Elenora
  • John Watt: assistant of George Lancaster
  • Mr. Ormesby: elderly man-of-business to the late grandfather of Arthur
  • Bess: John Watt's sweetheart; told St. Merryn where John is currently working
  • Lord Trayford: grandfather of Parker; a member of the Society of Stones
  • Clare, Lady Wilmington: grandmother of Parker; the Society of Stones' Goddess of Inspiration
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

London, England

First Sentence edit see section history

Arthur Lancaster, Earl of St. Merryn, was sitting in front of a crackling fire in his club, drinking a glass of excellent port and reading a newspaper, when he received word that his fiancee had eloped with another man.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue: Arthur
Prologue: Elenora
Chapters 1 - 39
Epilogue

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Amanda Quick (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0399151745
Page Count: 364

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Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • Amanda Quick: official website of Jayne Ann Krentz (Amanda Quick, Jayne castle)

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