Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

Sparkling --Independent on Sunday

A literary bubble bath. Take a delightful and frothy dip among the gayer aspects of the author's favorite and well worked Regency period. --Sunday Tribune

Almost an heiress

Country-bred, spirited Kitty Charings is on the brink of inheriting a fortune from her eccentric guardian--provided that she marries one of his grand-nephews. Kitty has spent her secluded life pining for the handsome, rakish Jack, who is well aware of her attachment.

A plan of her own

But when Jack fails to respond to his great-uncle's ultimatum, Kitty hatches a strategy of her own--a counterfeit betrothal to mild-mannered Freddy Standen (who neither needs nor wants the money).

A most unlikely hero

And when Kitty's generous heart leads to all sorts of unintended troubles, there is only one man who can rescue her from more than one dreadful fix, pick up the pieces of her plotting, and, in the process, her heart.

Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances. --Amazon.co.uk

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.