Lady Incognita

by Nina Coombs Pykare

Romantic heroes existed only in books. And who knew that better than Louisa Penhope. Wasn't she herself the secret authoress of romantic novels? Baron Penhope's death and his losses at the gaming tables had kept her form "coming out", but resourceful Louisa had found a way to support her large, eccentric household. She was determined to keep her secret--until all London was suddenly abuzz over the mysterious author, Lady Incognita--until Philip, Viscount Atherton, stepped into her life. Suddenly sane, sensible Louisa was face to face with a living hero--and feeling like a lovestruck heroine in one of her own romances!

Genres: Historical Romance

250 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1980

About the author

Nina Pykare
aka
Ann Coombs, Nina Coombs, Nan Pemberton, Nina Porter, Nora Powers, Regina Towers

Nina Coombs Pykare has published 54 novels in the romance, Regency, inspiration, historical, contemporary, gothic, and mystery fields under a variety of pseudonyms.
Nina has sold hundreds of short stories and articles, as well as puzzles and poems for children of all ages. Some of the latter were written for her four sons and daughter, and now for four grandsons, five granddaughters, and one great-granddaughter. Nina taught a novel writing class for Writer's Digest from 1988 to 2006 and has also taught classes at nearby schools and the YWCA. She was married for 20 years, has been divorced longer than that, and still believes love is the most important thing in the world.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun for it's setting although aside from her unusual form of income -- the heroine was very milk-sop-esque.

The Hero was fun -- but I found his reaction in the last chapter unnecessarily violent and out of character.