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Cousin Kate

Cousin Kate

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Summary

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived'
Antonia Fraser
'My generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh
'Utterly delightful' Guardian
'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans
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Tragically left an orphan after her father's death, Kate Malvern is taken under the wing of her forbidding aunt Minerva and brought to the grand house of Staplewood, where Minerva rules the roost.

Her uncle lives in one wing, while her handsome, moody cousin occupies another; guests are few and far between, and even family dinners are rigidly formal.

But the sudden arrival of Cousin Philip throws Minerva's control over the household into doubt, and soon Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's generosity.

She has no-one to confide in but Cousin Philip who - for reasons unknown - seems to have taken an unaccountable dislike to her...


A rich and classic Regency Romance, Cousin Kate is replete with the sparkling humour, memorable characters and intricate plots that will delight Heyer fans the world over.
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Readers love Cousin Kate ...

***** 'Great read with gothic flare!'
***** 'If you love a good romance, you can't go wrong with a Georgette Heyer novel.'
***** 'I truly enjoyed this and will read more Heyer novels with pleasure.
***** 'A delightful read from start to finish.
***** 'Second, in my opinion, only to Jane Austen.'

About the author

Georgette Heyer

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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