Deborah
Grantham is no ordinary woman living in the Regency period; she’s a key person
in her aunt’s fashionable gambling establishment. Gentlemen come to engage with
the beautiful young woman, but Deb is a wily one. She wants none of them. When
young Lord Mablethorpe, three years her junior, asks her to marry him, she
appears to entertain the possibility but, actually, she has no intention to
become the pup’s wife. However, his uncle, the wealthy rake, Max Ravenscar,
doesn’t know that and offers her a fortune to refuse the marriage proposal. She
is highly offended that he would try and bribe her and decides to convince him
she will marry Lord Mablethorpe.
Thereafter, Ravenscar and
Deb go to battle, each outdoing the other. Max calls her every derogatory term
he can think of all the while he is gaining respect for her spirit. At one
point she even holds him hostage for buying up her aunt’s debts. Ha!
I loved this story, which
is so different than many of Heyer’s wonderful Regencies. A very worthy hero
and heroine outwit each other time after time. Lots of action, well described
and a sweet ending.
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