Venetia by Georgette Heyer


SCANDAL OF THE SEASON

At five-and-twenty, Venetia Lanyon despairs of ever meeting the handsome hero of her romantic dreams. Then her long-absent neighbor, Lord Damerel, returns home to Yorkshire. An infamous rake, he is the most scandalous man in all England and he has set his amorous sights on the lovely Venetia.

Determined to woo and win the fair Venetia, Lord Damerel pursues her with a passionate abandon that is soon the talk of the ton. But Venetia has no intention of losing her heart to the rakish lord until she is sure that beneath his swashbuckling ways and shocking manners lies a tender heart belonging to her.





Awards: 2004 AAR Top 100 Romances #60 2007 AAR Top 100 Romances #95 2000 AAR Top 100 Romances #96

A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer


Although Jenny Chawleigh was bright, well-mannered, and an heiress, she was no match for Julia Oversley, the love of handsome Adam Deveril's life. But Adam desperately needed money to keep his fatherless family together, and a marriage to Jenny would solve all his problems. And Jenny's father, a man of great wealth and ambition for his daughter, was only too happy to arrange a suitable match for her.

But Adam didn't reckon with the Jenny nobody knew, or the unknown quality that lay hidden behind her demure and plain facade....

Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer



Annis Wychwood was in her late twenties, a beautiful heiress, and hopelessly single. When she sponsored young Lucilla Carleton's "coming out," the town's social elite were shocked. After all, how could Annis find Lucilla a husband when she could not choose one for herself? Then Lucilla's handsome and egotistical uncle and guardian arrived to approve the sponsorship. But his brash and rakish manner quickly succumbed to the will of Annis, this remarkable heiress no man had yet subdued.

Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer


Handsome, manly Philip Jettan felt only contempt for sissified Regency dandies. Their elaborate wigs, powdered faces, satin clothes and mincing walks repulsed him. But pretty Cleone wanted no part of any man who wasn't in the very height of fashion. And Philip would do anything for her love--even beat the dandies at their own detestable game.

Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer


Young, beautiful and headstrong--but old enough to know her own romantic mind--Amanda ran away from her doting grandfather, who objected to her proposed marriage to a youthful, impecunious officer.

Fleeing alone across Regency England. Amanda soon crossed the path of handsome, cynical Sir Gareth, an "older man" whose interest in her was purely avuncular, since he had romantic problems of his own.

From their first disastrous meeting, the adventures and misadventures of the harassed protector and the unwilling protectee lead to romantic complications of a most tempestuous and unexpected nature.

Eventually Amanda gets the man she wants, and Gareth gets the woman he wants.