In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's estate has afforded her, Kitty devises a plan. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew-provided she marries one of her cousins. 'Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances.' - .uk Kitty has spent her secluded life pining for the handsome, rakish Jack, who is well aware of her attachment.īut when Jack fails to respond to his great?uncle's ultimatum, Kitty hatches a strategy of her own - a counterfeit betrothal to mild?mannered Freddy Standen (who neither needs nor wants the money).Īnd when Kitty's generous heart leads to all sorts of unintended troubles, there is only one man who can rescue her from more than one dreadful fix, pick up the pieces of her plotting and in the process her heart.

'A literary bubble bath.Take a delightful and frothy dip among the gayer aspects of the author's favorite and well worked Regency period.'- Sunday TribuneĬountry-bred, spirited Kitty Charings is on the brink of inheriting a fortune from her eccentric guardian - provided that she marries one of his grand?nephews.

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