Let‘s see if I can squeeze in another oldie (a Georgette Heyer 😊) before year end.
Let‘s see if I can squeeze in another oldie (a Georgette Heyer 😊) before year end.
Latest audio book on the Heyer Revisit. And it is of my underrated faves - I forget how good it is until I re-read it. It's not as memorably good as Regency Buck/Devil's Cub/These Old Shades/Sylvester but it's very readable - with a emergency marriage, a proper Alpha-y hero who you're not quite sure is the hero or how it's going to work out and then a spy plot and some hijinx with dogs and amusing side characters.
I knew I enjoyed this before, but I'd forgotten 90% of the plot! Edward is, like many of Heyer's romance heroes, rather high handed and sure of himself in a way that is enjoyable to read but goes rather too far for my liking. The banter between him and Elinor is hilarious, though, and poor Nicky is too much fun.
I was so not kidding about needing a nice regency after that SGJ.
Opening line: "It was dusk when the London to Little Hampton stagecoach lurched into the village of Billingshurst, and a cold mist was beginning to creep knee-high over the dimly seen countryside." #thereluctantwidow #georgetteheyer #panbooks #book #bookgnome #firstline #bookcover #bookish