To Catch an Heiress
by Julia Quinn
Here is another of Julia Quinn’s delightful Regencies, now made available to a British audience for the first time.
Caroline Trent has been the ward of several guardians since the death of her parents, but Oliver Prewitt is probably
the worst. In just six months’ time she will be twenty-one and come into her fortune, and he intends to keep this
in the family. Therefore he has departed for an evening of cards, leaving his son Percy behind to rape her and thus
force her to marry him. But Caroline is handy with a gun, and shoots the villain. On the run, she soon finds trouble
of another variety in the shape of government agent Blake Ravenscroft, who is convinced that she is infamous spy
Carlotta de Leon. Caroline needs the safety of his home, but how will she convince him to let her stay?
This is a lot of fun, with Caroline setting Blake’s gloomy bachelor establishment by the ears. As well as
romance there is a traitor to unmask, although it does not dominate the plot. Ms Quinn has dished up a true love
story, with a hero faithful to his dead fiancé convinced he cannot love again and Caroline wanting some affection
for the first time in her life since her parents’ deaths. There are plenty of funny moments, and generally this
is the type of fiction that offers comparisons to other light, pleasing confections like champagne and soufflés.
Repackaged for the modern British woman who is probably used to chick lit but not to this type of romance, the
contemporary, sassy covers are sure to draw in a new group of readers. |
The Book |
Piatkus |
September 4, 2008 |
Paperback |
0749908823 / 9780749908829 |
Historical Romance / 1814 Hampshire and Dorset, England |
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Excerpt |
NOTE: US edition is different
Some passion |
The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2008 |
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