Book Review: Georgette Heyer’s April Lady
The young Lady Nell Cardross thought it was a marriage of convenience and fills her days with fashion and frivolity. An expensive life that finds the earl wondering if his family was right.
The young Lady Nell Cardross thought it was a marriage of convenience and fills her days with fashion and frivolity. An expensive life that finds the earl wondering if his family was right.
The disguised Penelope Creed, is discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, a man in need of his own escape, caught climbing from a window in a desperate bid to avoid marrying her fishfaced cousin.
Sensing a misadventure by his twin brother, Evelyn, the Honourable Kit Fancot races home to find his brother has disappeared, his extravagant mother’s debts have mounted alarmingly, and the family honor is at stake.
The elusive Nonesuch, a famed sportsman, has inherited Broom Hall and his arrival has local society in a dither. The dazzling yet selfish Tiffany Wield sets out to charm, as her governess Ancilla Trent attempts to rein her in.
When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer’s home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death.
To win her hand, Philip must become what he despises . . . and he’s determined to make her eat her words.
Stung by an overheard remark, Arabella Tallant boasts of her fortune and the bored Robert Beaumaris decides to launch her into society.
A majestic keep on the edge of the sea, Artane has been Anne of Fenwyck’s foster home since its beginning, its heir the keeper of her heart. But warring has kept Robin away for too many years and Anne is threatened with other suitors. When Robin does come home, treachery threatens them both.
With neither title nor land, Rhys could not win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave. But he would always have her heart. The two are kindred souls…R hys, a knight with far too many notions of chivalry for his own good. And Gwen, a lover of minstrel tales, waiting to be swept away. But Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he will lose her forever. Until a surprise offer comes his way — bringing Rhys and Gwen a second chance at love…
The notorious Duke of Avon, nicknamed “Satanas”, runs into a young boy in a dark Parisian back alley, and he buys Leon, a redheaded urchin with strangely familiar looks . . .