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she said: " Hello there,

Georgette Heyer practically invented the genre of Regency Romance (think : the shoosh of fans held by gently bred ladies, not the sound of ripping bodices). In this book, the Ormsby household is upset by the arrival of cousin Sophy. Sophy has learned to think and act for herself by her indulgent father, and is addicted to straightening out the lives of those around her. So when she sees that stodgy cousin Charles is engaged to a moralizing bluestocking, while his sister is infatuated Hello there,

Georgette Heyer practically invented the genre of Regency Romance (think : the shoosh of fans held by gently bred ladies, not the sound of ripping bodices). In this book, the Ormsby household is upset by the arrival of cousin Sophy. Sophy has learned to think and act for herself by her indulgent father, and is addicted to straightening out the lives of those around her. So when she sees that stodgy cousin Charles is engaged to a moralizing bluestocking, while his sister is infatuated with a poet who is definitely not good husband material, she sets about putting things to order. The exchanges between Sophy and Charles are all that you could wish for, this side of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.

I don't know whether this book is still in print, so you may have to look for it at the library.

Happy Reading,

Ann ...more "