"Includes glossary of regency slang and afterword by Jennifer Kloester, Georgette Heyer's official biographer"--Title page. Includes a reading group guide and an excerpt from These Old Shoes. "Originally published in 1932 in Great Britain by Heinemann, London. This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2009 in the United States by Sourcebooks Casablance, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc."--Title page verso.
Summary:
Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal and fiery son of the notorious Duke of Avon, has established a rakish reputation that rivals his father's, living a life of excess and indulgence. Banished to the Continent after wounding his opponent in a duel, Vidal schemes to abduct the silly aristocrat bent on seducing him into marriage and make her his mistress instead. In his rush, however, he seems to have taken the wrong woman? Determined to save her sister from ruin, virtuous Mary Challoner intercepts the Marquis's advances and throws herself into his path, hoping Vidal will release her upon realizing his error. But as the two become irrevocably entangled, Mary's reputation and future lie in the hands of a devilish rake, who finds her more fascinating every day.
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