When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane, to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they have always been the best of friends. But as Desford pursues Cherry's lickpenny grandfather and reprobate father around unfashionable watering places and the seedier fringes of society, Hetta is forced to wonder whether he might not, at last, have fallen in love. Without the timely intervention of his scapegrace brother Simon, and Hetta's worthy suitor Gary Nethercott, Desford is in danger of making a rare mess of his affairs.
About the Author
Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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– Customer review on 12/01/2007
This is the first ever book I have read from Georgette Heyer, and is most certainly not the last. This book got me hooked right from the beginning and I have nearly read all of her works. Would recommend to anyone who is a fan of Jane Austen. If you have never read Georgette Heyer, read this one first!!!
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– Customer review on 23/03/2006
Georgette Heyer's wonderful and warm characters are always a delight to get acquainted with. This story is filled as usual with witty dialogue, amusing situations and a delightfully gentle romance. Heyer brings wonderful and articulate detail to the background, landscape and mannerisms of the times in which her stories are set. The reader is always guaranteed a satisfying read and this tale is another wonderful yarn from the pen of Heyer.
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