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Georgette Heyer|Paperback|Cornerstone|06/01/2005
Book Description:
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times_________________Kitty Charing's life-changing inheritance comes with a catch. Her eccentric and childless guardian, Mr. Penicuik, is leaving Kitty all of his vast fortune - but with one condition. She must marry one of his five grand-nephews.However, Kitty's clear favourite - the rakish Jack Westruther - doesn't appear at all interested in the arrangement. To make Jack jealous, Kitty impulsively convinces his cousin, the kind-hearted and chivalrous Freddy Standen, to enter into a pretend engagement. But the more time she spends with Freddy, the more Kitty wonders whether Jack is the right choice after all... _________________'Fabulously witty' Stephen Fry'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' Sophie Kinsella'Wonderful characters . . . rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde_________________Readers love Cotillion ... ***** 'This is a Heyer novel, so of course I expected to enjoy it, but I hadn't planned on falling totally head over heels in love with it!!'***** 'If I was stranded on a desert island, this would definitely be one of the novels I would want with me!'***** 'This is one of Heyer's best books featuring one of her very best characters, that of Freddie Standen.'***** 'Clever, cute, and so light and carefree it practically bounces.'***** 'Cotillion quickly moved to the top of my favorite Heyer books.'