Book Review: Georgette Heyer’s Simon the Coldheart
Simon the page becomes Simon the lord, but it seems that none but the Lady Margaret can capture the affections of Simon the Coldheart.
Simon the page becomes Simon the lord, but it seems that none but the Lady Margaret can capture the affections of Simon the Coldheart.
Shot-proof, fever-proof and a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five, Brigade-Major Harry Smith may ruin his career when h3 meets the defenceless Juana.
A string of brutal murders of Innocence’s most attractive women. Scaring concert violinist Caroline Waverly, just when she is falling for the lead suspect.
Detective Stella Mooney circles the fabulous flats of Notting Hill to the decidedly tougher side of town with her personal life also going awry. Nightmares, too much vodka, and an attraction to another man contributes to her life falling apart,
Scotland Yard Detective Ian Rutledge investigates the murder of three men in a Sussex village. Then another is garroted. The only clue an ID disc in their mouths.
An outcast from the barbarian north, Yeine Darr is summoned to Sky when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.
A black panther, a giant wolf dog and a beautiful woman with a rattlesnake tattoo. Buck McDivit must deal with all this and more when a wealthy rancher hires him to investigate murder, oil and cattle theft, and a pagan commune populated only by women.
The lovely and intelligent Venetia Lanyon’s future seems safe and predictable. Until the shocking Lord Jasper Damerel returns to his estate. A libertine whose way of life has scandalized the North Riding for years.
Faith Fairchild is hard hit when a friend dies and her own home is stripped of all their most precious possessions. Devastated, furious, Faith takes action.
An old friend brings Dante Valentine home to investigate a murder. But the one person she trusted has just betrayed her…sometimes revenge is best served demon-hot…