Quadrille - Hardcover

Mayhew, Margaret

3.18

17 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 0727861484 ISBN 13: 9780727861481

Publisher: Severn House, 2005

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A captivating Regency romance from a bestselling author Compelled by his ageing Aunt Augusta to give up his dissolute ways and take a wife or risk losing his inheritance Lord Nicholas Strickland is in a quandary. He has no wish to marry at present particularly not to marry his aunt's favoured candidate, Miss Charlotte Craven. But he cannot endure the prospect of giving up his beloved family home, Maplethorpe. Charlotte, however, is no more enamoured of the dashing Lord Nicholas than he is of her. Intelligent, high-spirited and uncommonly tall, she is a young woman of determined character. With the help of her friend Amelia Beauclerc herself rather taken by the gentlemanly charms of Lord Nicholas' friend Captain Young she sets out to confound Aunt Augusta's well-laid plans

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About the Author:

Margaret Mayhew was born in London, and her earliest childhood memories were of the London Blitz. She began writing in her mid-thirties and had her first novel published in 1976. She is married to American aviation author Philip Kaplan and lives on the borders of Wales. Her previous novels include ""Bluebirds, The Crew, The Little Ship, Our Yanks, The Pathfinder, Those in Peril,"" and ""I'll Be Seeing You.""

From Booklist:

Regency romance fans will relish Mayhew's latest, which combines the matchmaking mix-ups of a Jane Austen novel with the slapdash humor of an Oscar Wilde drawing-room farce. Lord Nicholas Strickland has always loved his aunt Augusta's country estate, Maple-thorpe, and because he's her favorite nephew, he assumes the estate will eventually be his. Naturally, he's suitably horrified when Aunt Augusta informs him that unless he abandons his profligate ways and marries a "suitable" girl, she will disinherit him. Worse, the possible "suitable" girls his aunt has in mind are some of the ugliest, most boring, most unsuitable candidates Nicholas can imagine--except for one, Charlotte Craven. Thus begins Nicholas' campaign to woo Charlotte. But unbeknownst to him, Charlotte has learned the real reason he is courting her, and she decides to beat Nicholas at his own game. There's everything here a romance devotee could want: adventure, passion, love, humor and, of course, a happy ending. Emily Melton
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