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Biography: Irene Temple Bailey, an American novelist and short story writer, began publishing her work in national magazines in the first years of the 1900s. Her work appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, McClure's and other magazines. Several of her novels became bestsellers, including The Tin Soldier (1918), The Dim Lantern (1922) and The Blue Window (1926). A screenwriter as well as a novelist, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the 1914 film Auntie, and also had some of her books, such as Peacock Feathers (1924) adapted to film.

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Contrary Mary
Irene Temple Bailey

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Contrary Mary
by Irene Temple Bailey

Mary, Constance and Barry Ballard are siblings living together in an old Washington, D.C. home. Marriage will soon take Constance away, leaving her sister and brother to decide: close up the old house or take in a boarder? Mary boldly chooses to rent a suite of rooms to a gentleman stranger.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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