[The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place 03] • The Unseen Guest

Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky

governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. Despite their

wolfish upbringing, the children have taken up bird watching, with no

unfortunate consequences--yet. And a perplexing gift raises hard questions

about how Penelope came to be left at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright

Females, and why her parents never bothered to return for her. But theirs are

not the only families with mysteries to solve. When Lord Fredrick’s long-

absent mother arrives with the noted explorer, Admiral Faucet, gruesome

secrets tumble out of the Ashton family tree. And when the Admiral’s prized

racing ostrich gets loose in the forest, it will take all the Incorrigibles’

skills to find her. The hunt for the runaway ostrich is on. But Penelope is

worried. Once back in the wild, will the children forget about books and

poetry, and go back to their howling, wolfish ways? What if they never want to

come back to Ashton Place at all?