The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

Discover the Regency romance writer all your favorite authors adore:

"You're in for a treat." --NORA ROBERTS

"One of the great protagonists of the historical novel." --PHILIPPA GREGORY

"She's the original." --JULIA QUINN

"Georgette Heyer created a genre so rich that thousands of us have been mining it ever since."--LORETTA CHASE

"No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit."--LISA KLEYPAS

"Georgette Heyer's legacy is a gift to all of us who love the Regency period."--LORRAINE HEATH

"Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are my perennial favorites!"--LENORA BELL

Horatia Winwood is simply helping her family.

When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself and tell a few convenient lies for her family's happiness. Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll do her best to keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. And then the Earl's archenemy, Sir Robert, sets out to ruin her reputation...

The Earl of Rule has found just the wife he wants.

Unbeknownst to Horatia, the Earl is enchanted by her. There's simply no way he's going to let her get into trouble. Overcoming some misguided help from Horatia's harebrained brother and a hired highwayman, the Earl routs his old enemy, and wins over his young wife--proving theirs was no accidental marriage and gifting her with a love that she never thought she could expect.

Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) was an English writer of historical romance and detective fiction. Born in London, Heyer was raised as the eldest of three children by a distinguished British Army officer and a mother who excelled as a cellist and pianist at the Royal College of Music. Encouraged to read from a young age, she began writing stories at 17 to entertain her brother Boris, who suffered from hemophilia. Impressed by her natural talent, Heyer's father sought publication for her work, eventually helping her to release The Black Moth (1921), a detective novel. Heyer then began publishing her stories in various magazines, establishing herself as a promising young voice in English literature. Following her father's death, Heyer became responsible for the care of her brothers and shortly thereafter married mining engineer George Ronald Rougier. In 1926, Heyer publisher her second novel, These Old Shades, a work of historical romance. Over the next several decades, she published consistently and frequently, excelling with romance and detective stories and establishing herself as a bestselling author.