Lady of Quality

Lady of Quality
By Georgette Heyer
Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2008. 299 pgs. Romance

At 29-years-old and unattached, Miss Annis Wychwood is headed to Bath to set up her own residence. On the way, she encounters Lucilla Carleton stranded at the side of the road and offers to take the runaway home with her. Oliver Carleton, Lucilla’s guardian and a man renowned for his rudeness, soon appears in Bath to straighten out his flighty young charge, and he and Miss Wychwood strike up a surprising (and antagonistic) friendship.

Georgette Heyer is the perfect read-a-like for Jane Austen. She first began publishing Regency romances in the late 1920s and her books were recently reprinted, bringing back her lovable rakes and quick-witted spinsters. Black Sheep may be my favorite Georgette Heyer story, but they are all fun, humorous, and gentle reads.

MBC