Name: The Adventuress
Author: M. C. Beaton
ISBN: 9780816146529

About this book

The Adventuress is the fifth book in the A House for the Season series, published in 1987. It sits between Rake's Progress and Rainbird's Revenge in the reading order. It runs 246 pages.

Key facts about The Adventuress

M. C. Beaton wrote The Adventuress, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1987. The book has 246 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780816146529 to find the main one.

The Adventuress is book 5 of 6 in A House for the Season series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with The Miser of Mayfair (1986).

Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and School for Manners, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.

Its place in A House for the Season

The Adventuress is book 5 in the A House for the Season series. It follows Rake's Progress. It is followed by Rainbird's Revenge. See the full A House for the Season reading order.

A House for the Season is told from an unusual angle for Regency romance: the servants' hall of 67 Clarges Street, a fashionable London townhouse that's rumored to bring bad luck to anyone who lives there. Rather than following one aristocratic family, each of the six novels centers on the below-stairs staff -- led by the sharp, resourceful butler Rainbird -- as they scheme, matchmake and quietly manipulate events to secure a good match for whichever tenant is currently renting the unlucky house, all while trying…

Editions

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