The Madcap Heiress
By: Emily Hendrickson.
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Signet Regency romance
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Young women -- England -- Fiction; Children of clergy -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Table of contents: title: A Wealth of Passion; title: Young, spirited, and independent of mind, Emma Lawrence refuses to give herself to any man on a whim. As an heiress to a vast estate, she has had more than her share of hopeful suitors--including her pompous, bullying cousin Claude--who were more interested in her purse than in pursuing her heart.; title: Of little means but proud bearing, Adam Herbert is loath to follow in his father's footsteps as a humble rector--and visits his great-uncle, the Earl of Stanwell, to see what else the world has to offer. What he finds is an unexpected treasure in the beguiling Emma--who learns that despite her great inheritance, the love she desires is worth far more than any fortune...