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Cousin Kate
Cousin Kate | Georgette Heyer
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Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances. "Miss Heyer serves up a very different sort of tale in the same period setting, nothing less than a full-fledged Gothic. And a very expert job she does of it, too, complete with a remote and forbidding country house, screams in the night, dark hints of something best left unmentioned? nicely leavened with wit, romance, and wonderful period slang."-Publishers Weekly A surprising invitation Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood. But the household is strange and strained?Kate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Torquil lives in another. A dark family secret As bizarre events unfold and Kate begins to question the reasons for her aunt's unexpected generosity, she has no one to confide in but her cousin Philip. Sympathetic though he may appear, will he tell her what she most needs to know... before it's too late? What readers say: "Flawless gothic romance." "A dark and different Regency romance." "Cousin Kate remains a classic Heyer study of character and Regency attitudes, and boasts a wonderfully warm and generous heroine who it is impossible to dislike and one of Heyer's most pleasant and agreeable heroes." "A superior Georgette Heyer work; a bit darker and more serious than most of her other books, but as always there is the fast wit and a happy ending."
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dysprosium2
Cousin Kate | Georgette Heyer
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Not what I was expecting. Much darker than previous books I've read by Georgette Heyer, but very engaging. I guessed some of the twists, but not all of them. I generally prefer the more light-hearted books by Heyer, but I am not disappointed to have read this. Recommend.

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deirdrebeecher
Cousin Kate | Georgette Heyer
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Georgette Heyer is pure comfort food for me. Cousin Kate, her satirical gothic tale, rarely gets much praise and I agree the peril aspect could have been handled differently. Nevertheless Kate and her former nurse Sarah are wonderful characters, two of my favourite Heyer heroines. While Aunt Minerva is one of her most chilling villians.

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Moray_Reads
Cousin Kate | Georgette Heyer
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I didn't love this the way I've loved many of her other works but it's a very enjoyable Gothic romp. Like Jane Austen before her Heyer finds all the fun and humour in the sensational, melodramatic elements of the genre and playfully hams it up.

jillrhudy One I haven‘t read! I confess I‘ve read 22... 5y
batsy Oooh! A Gothic Regency romance by Heyer? Sold. 5y
Moray_Reads @batsy As if you needed another reason to love her, right? (edited) 5y
Moray_Reads @jillrhudy I've read 12 so far. They're my go-to fun reading (along with Discworld) 5y
LeahBergen I have this one waiting on my shelf and you‘ve inspired me to choose it next with your “gothic” comment. 😆 5y
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