While some critics thought her novels were too detailed, others considered the level of detail to be Heyer's greatest asset. Her Georgian and Regencies romances were inspired by Jane Austen. She wrote one novel using the pseudonym Stella Martin. She made no appearances, never gave an interview and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. Heyer was an intensely private person who remained a best selling author all her life without the aid of publicity. Beginning in 1932, Heyer released one romance novel and one thriller each year. Rougier later became a barrister and he often provided basic plot outlines for her thrillers. In 1925 she married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. ***** 'Cotillion quickly moved to the top of my favorite Heyer books.Georgette Heyer was a prolific historical romance and detective fiction novelist. ***** 'Clever, cute, and so light and carefree it practically bounces.'

***** 'This is one of Heyer's best books featuring one of her very best characters, that of Freddie Standen.' ***** 'If I was stranded on a desert island, this would definitely be one of the novels I would want with me!' ***** 'This is a Heyer novel, so of course I expected to enjoy it, but I hadn't planned on falling totally head over heels in love with it!!' Utter, immersive escapism' Sophie Kinsella 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. To make Jack jealous, Kitty impulsively convinces his cousin, the kind-hearted and chivalrous Freddy Standen, to enter into a pretend engagement.īut the more time she spends with Freddy, the more Kitty wonders whether Jack is the right choice after all. However, Kitty's clear favourite - the rakish Jack Westruther - doesn't appear at all interested in the arrangement. She must marry one of his five grand-nephews. Penicuik, is leaving Kitty all of his vast fortune - but with one condition. Her eccentric and childless guardian, Mr. Kitty Charing's life-changing inheritance comes with a catch. 'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris 'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

Cotillion by georgette heyer