![]() ![]() ![]() In those days I was barely older than the youngest of Heyer’s heroines, and could identify closely with The Grand Sophy. One day at the library, I stumbled across Charity Girl and Arabella, and my love affair with all things Georgette began. Having run out of new Jane Austen novels to read, I began to search for other regency stories set in similar settings. I discovered Georgette Heyer just after I graduated from college. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible. Oliver Carleton, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. With the exception of Miss Carleton’s overbearing guardian, Mr. When Annis offers sanctuary to the very young runaway heiress Miss Lucilla Carleton, no one at all thinks this is a good idea. She is rich and still beautiful and she enjoys living independently in Bath, except for the tiresome female cousin, who her very proper brother insists must live with her. Miss Annis Wychwood, at twenty-nine, has long been on the shelf, but this bothers her not at all. ![]()
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