They know no-one, but their father's will names an elderly friend, Lord Worth, as their guardian, and their first action in town must to be make his acquaintance, soft-soap him a bit, and ensure he has no objection to their setting up house. The very wealthy young pair of Judith Taverner and her brother Sir Peregrine are travelling from their Yorkshire home to London to set up in society there. But in her handsome, rakish guardian she met her match-and more.' (cover blurb)

'Rich and lovely, ardent and wilful, any restraint maddened Judith. Each one of these is more powerful than most of her others, and together they form a saga of love, society, and war. There is a chain connecting five of her best works, this with The Black Moth, Devil's Cub, The Spanish Bride, and An Infamous Army. Regency Buck (1935) is a classic tale in this mould, but it has the distinction of sharing characters with other books. The couple who take the 1811 Season by storm can only marry once. She's not repetitious in detail but this oft-used formula does require that each of the books excludes the others. Georgette Heyer wrote a great many romances set in the Regency, and in many of them the hero is the most eligible bachelor in London, and the leader of fashionable society, while the heroine is often the newest heiress who sets all tongues wagging.

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