Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle.Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his ...

Miss Annis Wychwood, at twenty-nine, has long been on the shelf, but this bothers her not at all. She is rich and still beautiful and she enjoys living independently in Bath, except for the tiresome female cousin, who her very proper...

In Frederica, Georgette Heyer explores the difficulties of a woman of the Regency era operating without the patronage and protection of a man. A country beauty and a very capable young woman, Frederica is burdened with the responsi...

Devil's Cub is another of readers', booksellers', and librarians' favorite Georgette Heyers. In this acclaimed followup to These Old Shades, Dominic Alastair, fiery son of the Duke of Avon, is forced to flee England after a duel. He i...

Experience Georgette Heyer's sparkling dialogue in one of her most popular mysteries. IIt's no ordinary morning at the Poplars - the master is found dead in his bed and it turns out that his high blood pressure was not the cause of de...

A Georgette Heyer mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie, in which every guest is a suspect, and none has an alibi. At first glance, it should have been a lovely English country-house weekend party. But it's the guestlist from hell, a...

Known as the Queen of Regency romance, Georgette Heyer also wrote a dozen acclaimed mysteries. In The Reluctant Widow, she intertwines a suspenseful plot with a sparkling romance.When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends u...

Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.'- Publishers WeeklyA missing twin ...Something is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher Kit Fancot can sense it. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplo...

Georgette Heyer delivers a classic English country-house murder mystery with a twist, in which it's the butler who's the victim, rather than the murderer. When local barrister Frank Amberley takes a wrong turn on his way to visit his ...

A holiday party goes terribly wrong when the universally disliked host is found murdered behind locked doors with a houseful of hostile guests, every one of whom has something to hide. While the delicate matter of inheritance could be...

In addition to romance and historical fiction, Georgette Heyer wrote a dozen classic mysteries. This charming English country-house mystery features a murder victim whose public persona cleverly hid a life of vice and deception. When ...

Georgette Heyer's mysteries have been compared to Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, and Margery Allingham. In this, the last of Heyer's mysteries to feature the intrepid Inspector Hemingway, Sampson Warrenby is found slumped under a tre...

In Footsteps in the Dark, a trio of siblings inherits a ramshackle estate only to discover their legacy includes a dead body. Celia, Margaret, and Peter know there's something odd about the Priory, and the locals claim the place is ha...

Georgette Heyer presents her sparkling wit with a Shakespearean twist. Walking home at dawn, quite drunk, Sir Richard Wyndham encounters heiress Penelope Creed climbing out her window. She is running away from a dreaded marriage to he...

In a certain rambling country house packed with bitter, quarrelling relatives, Gregory Matthews, the head of the caboodle, is found dead. Imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper - she warned him about his ...

In an age of slippery politics, Robin and Prudence Tremaine, the children of the notorious and brilliant Viscount of Barham, find themselves on the wrong side of the Jacobite rebellion. The Viscount sends his offspring on the road to ...

Two temperamental hearts in the glittering Regency might be lucky enough to have a second chance at love!Lady Serena Carlow's eccentric father left her guardianship to the man she jilted, and now Ivo, the Marquis of Rotherham has comp...

A sparkling Regency romance from the queen of the genre, with an element of mystery and some of the beloved fictional characters from An Infamous Army.'Clever!' Library JournalAfter their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her b...

Proposing to the woman that he believes will complement his high position in life, the powerful Duke of Salford is scandalized when he learns that the sought-after maiden has written a romance novel that casts him as the villain...

A dashing hero, with an equally dashing rival, and a swordfight that will take readers' breath away. Horatia Winwood is a plain girl with a stutter. When she rescues her sister from an undesired marriage to the Earl of Rule by proposi...

Set in the Georgian period, about 20 years before the Regency, These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Heyer's career. It features two of Heyer's most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Le...

Sophy sets everything right for her desperate family in one of Georgette Heyer's most popular Regency romances. When Lady Ombersley agrees to take in her young niece, no one expects Sophy, who sweeps in and immediately takes the ton b...

A lightsome, brightsome comedy.'-Kirkus Reviews'Nimble, light-hearted chronicle of high London society in the time of the Regency.'-The New YorkerGeorgette Heyer's sparkling romances have charmed and delighted millions of readers. Her...

Georgette Heyer had a handful of unforgettable heroines, of which Arabella is one of the most engaging. Daughter of a modest country clergyman, Arabella Tallant is on her way to London when her carriage breaks down outside the hu...

They Found Him Dead The day after his sixtieth birthday celebration, an event marked by dissension among his family and houseguests, Silas Kane's body is found at the foot of a cliff. The coroner's verdict of misadventure becomes susp...

One of readers', librarians' and booksellers' most frequently requested Heyers, The Foundling features Gilly, the seventh Duke of Sale. A diffident young man of 24 years, easily pushed around by his overprotective uncle and the retinu...

Georgette Heyer wrote a dozen mysteries, but included a Gothic element in only two of her Regency romances-Cousin Kate and The Quiet Gentleman. Upon his return from Waterloo, Gervase Frant expected a hero's welcome-instead he's given ...

A classic work of escapist literature that explores the power of makeovers and questions of masculinity by the master of the historical romance genre—featuring an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean. Str...

A charming Georgette Heyer romance about finding love at any age. 'On the shelf' at 28, Ancilla Trent considers her opportunity for romance and adventure to be behind her. She strives to be a calming influence on her tempestuous charg...

A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly uncoope...