Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.” -Publishers Weekly A young lady of beauty and intelligence facing an unbearable choice… Venetia Lanyon is one of Georgette Heyer’s most memorable heroines. Beautiful, capable, and independent minded, her life on the family’s estate in the countryside is somewhat circumscribed. Then a chance encounter with her rakish … rakish neighbor opens up a whole new world for Venetia. Lord Damerel has built his life on his dangerous reputation, and when he meets Venetia, he has nothing to offer and everything to regret. As Venetia’s well-meaning family steps in to protect her from potential ruin, Venetia must find the wherewithal to take charge of her own destiny, or lose her one chance at happiness…
What readers say: “Perfection! …Witty, sparkling, and heart-wrenching.”
“Not only do I think that Venetia is Georgette Heyer’s best novel, I think Venetia is one of her best characters and certainly one of my favorite heroines in all romance fiction.”
“Has all of Heyer’s best features: humor, wit, and irony; an exquisite sense of time and place.”
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Georgette Heyer is the gold standard for Regency. She invented it, after all. And Venetia is among her best. The story of the country girl in love with the dissolute rake is the classic to which all others are measured. Particularly noteworthy is Heyer’s sparkling banter between the h/H and her depiction of secondary characters — the studious …
If you love Jane Austen, you’ll love Georgette Heyer. She’s that good. I did a re-reading binge of her historical romances over Christmas. I keep a lot of books, but she’s the only author I religiously re-read every year. What I love about this romance – and all her romances is her masterful ability to draw you completely into the world of her …
One of my favorite love stories, Damerel is the ultimate bad boy but Venetia proves to be more than he expected.
Georgette Heyer is THE creator of the Regency Romance genre. I recommend reading her books first, it gives you a bench mark for any other RR book.
Perhaps the very best Heyer book–and that’s saying a lot. The central characters are all intelligent and witty. Some of the scenes are laugh out loud funny. The last 10 or so pages are worth savoring–the dialog is so perfect: Venetia to her uncle, “You mean to warn me that he may continue to have mistresses and orgies and so on, don’t you …
I need a 3.5!
This was my 1st Georgette Heyer, and I wasn’t sure what to expect.
I really liked the fact Venetia wasn’t some naive chit, and was a well-developed young lady, flying in the face of social convention, and taking a fancy for a rake. And who could blame her, when he is fearful charming?
However, going so far as to EXPECT any future …