num_pages: 483
description: Beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh spins two classic stories of Regency Englandsplendid novels of mistaken identity and unmistakable passion where marriage is only the beginning of true love. THE FAMOUS HEROINECora Downes has beauty spirit and money but no breeding. Yet when she gains renown for a daring rescue she finds herself thrust into high society. Innocent and adrift in a world of beautiful banquets bejeweled gowns and snobbish standards Cora is quickly compromised into a marriageto a frivolous lord whose interests seem to lie elsewhere. But could piercingly blue-eyed and well-mannered Francis Kneller turn out to be the most unexpected love of her life? THE PLUMED BONNETAlistair Munro the Duke of Bridgwater is looking for love outside the bounds of polite society. And thats what he expects to receive when he rescues a seemingly disreputable girl in a colorful bonnet off the side of the road. Yet Stephanie Gray a former governess has recently come into money and is eager for a proper match with a well-born man. Sure that hes sullied her name Alistair offers marriage to make amends. And in this unlikely union Stephanie and Alistair make a welcome discoverythat sometimes its possible to marry first then fall in love.
language: English
title: The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet
publisher: Dell