Lex Croucher

Abandoned by her parents, middle-class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy member of the in-crowd who lives a life Georgiana couldn't have imagined in her wildest dreams.

Lonely and vulnerable, Georgiana falls in with Frances and her unfathomably rich, deeply improper friends. Georgiana is introduced to a new world: drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely arresting hands, and the upper echelons of Regency society.

But the price of entry to high society might just be higher than Georgiana is willing to pay ...

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‘Georgiana—’ he began, but Georgiana cut him short. 

Mr Burton looked perplexed. ‘George?’

‘Yes, I would like to be addressed as George. That is what my friends call me, in any case.’

‘I can’t call you George,’ said Mr Burton incredulously. ‘The King’s name is George, for goodness’ sake!’

‘Never heard of him,’ said Georgiana, taking her apple with her as she left the table.

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