Name: Cousin Kate
Rating: 3.083333333333333 (6 reviews)
ISBN: 9781402217685

Georgette Heyer

Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances.

Cousin Kate

Kali Olson

The only other Georgette Heyer novel I've read is Frederica, which was witty and charming and quite sweet. This book, Cousin Kate, was a little darker, an attempt at Gothic instead of a Jane Austen-like romance. The dark side didn't pay off for me; the book's reoccupation with the madness of Kate's cousin Torquil overshadowed both Kate's character and her romance.

"Kate Malvern, rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, hardly knows what to expect at Staplewood - the grand household is so very different from a life spent following the drum in the Peninsular! But surely, other households are more homelike? Kate's uncle lives in one wing, handsome, moody cousin Torquil in another; thought the guests are few, even family dinners are formal. A d, when Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's generousity, she has no-one to confide in but cousin Philip - who appears to have taken her in instant dislike...

Jaclyn Rye

Haleemah Sadiah

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Aditi Verma

'Wonderful characters and rapturously romantic' - Katie Fforde ________________________________ Kate Malvern never expected to see this kind of splendour again. After her father's death, Kate was left an orphan, striving to make ends meet as a governess until her aunt Minerva rescues her from poverty. Kate hardly knows what to expect at the grand house of Staplewood. Her uncle lives in one wing, while her handsome, moody cousin Torquil occupies another; guests are few and far between, but even family dinners are rigidly formal. And, over it all, Minerva's word is law. But the sudden arrival of cousin Philip throws Minerva's control over the household into doubt, and Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's generosity. She has no-one to confide in but cousin Philip - but for reasons unknown, he seems to have taken an instant dislike to her... Cousin Kate is a rich and classic Georgette Heyer novel, replete with the sparkling humour, memorable characters and intricate plots that have made her the queen of the Regency romance novel.

Cousin Kate

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