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Cousin Kate
 

Cousin Kate

by Georgette Heyer

Kate Malvern, rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, finds the grand household at Staplewood very unhomelike — even family dinners are formal. When she begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva’s generosity, there is no one to confide in. (read review)

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DKayeS
  • Rated 4 stars

“Well. This surprised me. I was expecting a Regency romance, which is what Heyer is famous for, and instead, I got a gothic. I lurrrrve gothics.

The "Cousin Kate" of the title is an orphaned, penniless young woman who's been invited to live with her aunt after losing her position as a governess. Her old nurse, to whom she'd turned, contacted the aunt Kate had never met, and at first, all seemed fine.

The aunt was kind and solicitous, and her cousin Torquil a handsome but...”

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Roxane M
  • Rated 2 stars

“When Gothic romances became the rage, Heyer's editor asked her to write a couple of novels in that genre. They weren't successful. It was like asking Jane Austen to write like Emily Bronte.”

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

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