Books

Welcome to the beta version of Shelfari’s new Book Detail pages!

These pages are editable by the community, so please contribute! Click here to learn more about this feature. We’d love to hear your feedback.

see page history

Description

She wasn't looking for love . . . Her beauty rivaled only by her sensibility, Ventia Lanyon is nearly resigned to spinsterhood, thanks to the enormous amount of responsibility she inherited with a Yorkshire estate, an invalid brother and the lackluster efforts of two wearisomely persistent... read more

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis

Write a ridiculously simplified synopsis.

Memorable Quotes

  • “As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above allothers that one most wishes to do”
    Venetia Lanyon
  • “The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending”
    Jasper Dameral

Authors & Contributors

  1. Georgette Heyer (Author)
 

Books with Additional Background Information

List the books that contain additional information about this book.

Books That Influenced This Book

List the books that influenced this book.


If you have any suggestions for how we can improve this page or if there are sections that you would like us to add, please let us know.

Advertisement