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New York Times bestselling author Georgette Heyer's beloved tale of a forthright, independent young woman stumbling on happiness for herself even as she seeks a brilliant match for her beautiful sister. The Marquis of Alverstoke is bored. Family and friends are always making demands, so when a distant cousin shows up seeking his patronage, he is not inclined to agree. Frederica Merriville, head of her young family since the death of their parents, has brought her brood to London in an attempt to find a brilliant match for her stunningly beautiful younger sister. Unfortunately their guardian, the Marquis of Alverstoke, appears to be too bored and cynical to bother. But the Merriville family is lively and likeable and as Alverstoke finds himself rescuing them from one scrape after another, he has to admit he's getting attached. Particularly to Frederica herself, who is so busy trying to keep her younger brothers in line and get her sister married off, she is slow to notice. But as their partnership blossoms, it suddenly becomes clear that Alverstoke is no longer bored...he's in love.

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The plot of Miss Heyer's latest jeu d'esprit is so light that it floats off the page. In this lavender-sprinkled world of Regency froth, foppery, tone and entrenched virginity, live girls whose delicate existences are quarrels about rosebuds and pink gauze , and young men with unimpeachable intentions. The clockwork story reveals the social-climbing ambitions of Miss Frederica Merriwell. Frederica has brought her adorably irresistible sister Charis into London and hopes that their cousin, the Marquis of Alverstoke, will arrange that Charis have a proper coming out, or social debut. meanwhile, the Marquis is being harassed by a sister and a cousin for aid in their daughter's coming out parties. Frederica, 24, is the head of a small family, which includes besides Charis, three very bright brothers. For the interminable revelation of personal relationships, Frederica is an apt device, as the determined girl runs on like a fiddlestick. Artifice is all and the climax is an aborted elopement cross-indexed with Frederica's capitulation to the Marquis.... For the carriage trade, an audience which is readily identifiable as Miss Heyer's very own. (Kirkus Reviews)

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