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The Foundling
One of readers', librarians' and booksellers' most frequently requested Heyers, The Foundling features Gilly, the seventh Duke of Sale.
A diffident young man of 24 years, easily pushed around by his overprotective uncle and the retinue of devoted family retainers who won't let him lift a finger for himself, the Duke sometimes wishes he could be a commoner. One day he decides to set out to discover whether he is "a man, or only a Duke."
Beginning with an incognito journey into the countryside to confront a blackmailer, he encounters a runaway school boy, a beautiful but airheaded orphan, one of literature's most appealing and well-spoken comic villains, and a series of alarming and even life threatening events from which he can extricate himself only with the help of his shy and lovely fiancé…
Reviewer: Danya
Review: Nov 17, 2009
Genre(s): Regency, Historical Fiction
Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Duke of Sale, is less than a year from his majority, but the uncle and family retainers that have raised him still him a child. After being led into a betrothal with Lady Harriet, Gillie is glad for an excuse to strike out on his own when a cousin is threatened with trifling with a young girl's heart. Circumstances conspire against Gillie at every turn, landing him with a young
Why Shoot the Butler?
Georgette Heyer delivers a classic English country-house murder mystery with a twist, in which it's the butler who's the victim, rather than the murderer.
Reviewer: Danya
Review: May 18, 2009
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Historical Romance, Regency
Barrister Frank Amberley is not your typical leading man, unless you like them sardonic and abrasive. Shirley Brown is surly, troublesome, and impossible to forget. Frank Amberley stops to help a damsel in distress but discovers a dead body behind the wheel of the sportscar. Shirley Brown is the only person present but she proclaims her innocence. With the initial victim being a butler, you know this isn&rsqu
The Convienent Marriage
A dashing hero, with an equally dashing rival, and a swordfight that will take readers' breath away.
Reviewer: Danya
Review: May 18, 2009
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Regency
In The Convenient Marriage, Georgette Heyer proves why she is the Queen of Regency Romance. The Earl of Rule has decided it’s time for him to settle down and carry on his family name but the bride he chooses lacks enthusiasm for the honor of his marriage proposal. Horatia offers herself instead so her sister Lizzie can marry her true love. Rather than be offended, the Earl is bemuses and entranced Horry
The Nonesuch
A charming Georgette Heyer romance about finding love at any age.
Reviewer: Danya
Review: May 18, 2009
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Regency
As always, Georgette Heyer has proven herself to be queen of the Regency romance with her book The Nonesuch.
At twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent is definitely “on the shelf” but is content to be chaperone/governess to the badly-behaved but beautiful heiress Tiffany Wield. Sir Waldo Hawkridge, top of the Tulips of the London Ton is known as The Nonesuch due to athletic ability, fashion sense, h
Frederica
Frederica is one of readers' favorite Heyers, with a young woman burdened with the responsibilities of being the head of her family, and a hero whose jaded boredom is transformed by an accident with a hot air balloon...
Reviewer: Danya
Review: May 18, 2009
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Regency
As always, Georgette Heyer’s books are a treasure to be discovered by a first-time reader and a pleasure to rediscover for a long-time enjoyer. Frederica is a prime example of Ms. Heyer at her best, exemplifying why she is Queen of the Regency.
Lord Alverstoke has long been weary of the Marriage Mart, his family and Society in general, but finds his ennui being blown away by the arrival of dist
Cotillion
A sham betrothal isn't the only thing that gets Kitty and Freddy into trouble, but it's definitely the beginning... Freddy is a most unusual hero. He's immensely rich, of course, and not bad-looking, especially with his ultra-starched shirt points and elegant quizzing glass. He gets engaged to his cousin Kitty only to help her get away from their irascible Great-uncle Matthew. The two head for London, where a series of hilarious mishaps threaten their charade. But Freddy discovers hitherto unplumbed depths of cleverness and practicality beneath his dandyish exterior, and Kitty discovers that the rake she was in love with can't hold a candle to her Freddy. He sets every mishap and adventure to rights in the end, surprising all (especially himself) and winning his heart's desire.
Reviewer: Louise
Review: Dec 26, 2007
Genre(s): Historical Romance
Miss Kitty Charing is the ward of an eccentric penny-pincher, Mr. Matthew Penicuik, who has left his entire fortune to her on the condition that she marry one of his great-nephews or be left broke and homeless upon his death. All would be well and good, if only the nephew Kitty was interested in, Jack Westruther, wasn't a confirmed rake who refuses to be forced into a marriage.
Kitty, enraged with anger an
An Infamous Army
IN THE SUMMER OF 1815, with Napolean Bonaparte marching down from the north, Brussels is a whirlwind of parties, balls and soirees. In the swirling social scene surrounding the Duke of Wellington and his noble aides de camp, no one attracts more attention than the beautiful, outrageous young widow Lady Barbara Childe. On their first meeting, dashing Colonel Charles Audley proposes to her, but even their betrothal doesn't calm her wild behavior. Finally, with the Battle of Waterloo raging just miles away, civilians fleeing and the wounded pouring back into the town, Lady Barbara discovers where her heart really lies, and like a true noblewoman, she rises to the occasion, and to the demands of love, life and war…
Reviewer: Louise
Review: Oct 23, 2007
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Regency
An Infamous Army is a beautifully written novel about the romance between Lady Barbara Childe, an attractive, feisty and scandalous widow, and the honorable Captain Charles Audley, a respected member of the Duke of Wellington's staff.
Aware of the Lady's reputation for being a heartbreaker, but struck by her beauty, the dashing Colonel finds himself proposing to her during their first meeting. Believing
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