Black Sheep (Regency Romances Book 25)
<p><strong>Bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, proves once again that love can always triumph.</strong></p><p>Abigail Wendover, 'on the shelf' at twenty-eight...is determined to prevent her pretty and high-spirited niece from becoming attached to a good-looking town-beau and an acknowledged fortune-hunter of shocking reputation. Unfortunately, that means a confrontation with his scandalous uncle.</p><p>Miles Calverleigh, the black sheep of his family, is enormously rich from a long sojourn in India, has a scandalous past, and is not at all inclined toward good manners. Miles turns out to be the most provoking creature Abigail has ever met—with a disconcerting ability to throw her into giggles at quite the wrong moment... Could he be Abby's most important ally in keeping her niece from a most unfortunate match?</p><p><strong>Praise for Georgette Heyer:</strong><br />"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."—<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br />"A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds."—Kate Fenton, <em>Daily Telegraph </em><br />"Her books are always bestsellers, but none has dominated the rest of the field quite like this one."—<em>Sunday Express</em></p>