Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle. Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his family- enormously rich from a long sojourn in India, disconcerti...
I've read this book several times; it's one of my favorite Heyer titles. Very funny, with plenty of romance. The audio version, narrated by Barbara Leigh-Hunt, was good, but I had a few problems with it. First of all, Ms. Leigh-Hunt is over seventy years old, and her voice sounds, well, . . . old. ...
Abigail Wendover is officially on the shelf and is escorting her young niece Fanny through her first year "out". Fanny becomes attached to a plausable fortune-hunter and it's only with the help of a notorious rake and black sheep Miles Calverleigh that she can help. However she's also attracted to...
Not Heyer's finest work, but light and fun.Abby Wendover, not quite an old maid at 28, lives in Bath with her hypochondriac eldest sister Selina and together they have charge of their orphaned niece, Fanny.Fanny is foolish enough to be taken in by a fortune-hunter and imagines herself passionately i...
Utterly charming. Well, it's a little like Austen-for-Beginners, because Heyer takes the time to explain what everyone's circumstances are and what it means. and then it isn't at all like that because Heyer makes use of the most impenetrable slang, which cracked me up. If you enjoy a sandwich made o...
This is Georgette Heyer at her best... delightful, witty, fast-paced, and laugh-out-loud! In fact, it's almost a satirical look at Regency England and the ton... a tongue-in-cheek slam at all Society's "rules" and ideas about propriety, especially for the not-so-young set (over 21).Abigail Wendover ...
I enjoyed this book very much. Like most Heyer's books, it has an amazing plot and beautifully written characters who are incredibly entertaining.. I never suspected the ending.
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