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Lady Sara’s Scheme

by Emily Hendrickson



      Lady Sara Harland is a beautiful heiress, and one might think one of the first to be snapped up during the Season. But that does not mean that she would not prefer some choice in the matter, so the three delightfully eccentric aunts she lives with have come up with a scheme. They have drawn up lists of the most suitable men for both Sara and her three best friends. Trouble is, the first name on Sara’s list is that of Myles Fenwick, the Earl of St. Quinton, and after the fiasco at the Christmas party she wants no more to do with him. But suppose he wants more to do with her, and has his own scheme so he can get his way?

Ms. Hendrickson’s novels are probably the closest you can get to Georgette Heyer, and thus I had a ball reading what I think of as a real Regency. The story is as delightfully sparkling as a glass of good champagne, and I find myself actually liking the people in it I was supposed to like. None of the characters was just a caricature, and my belief wasn’t stretched to snapping point at any moment. There is plenty of good-humored story in here, and behind it all an underpinning of real history which made it the nearest I can get to actually being there, short of a time machine. If you have read all of Ms Heyer’s romances and are wondering what to do next, you can get hold of this - the sort of book that gives romances a good name.

The Book

Robert Hale
January 2007
Hardback
ISBN-13: 9780709082057
Regency Romance - 1816 - London, UK
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2007
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