We WANT the familiarity of Georgette Heyer’s typical characters, for they play off each other so well. The list of Heyer archetypes goes on and on, but we don’t care.

Beautiful but vapid beauty in distress? Check.

Long-suffering but pleasantly surprised father? Check.

Eccentric, old and tight-fisted uncle? Check.

In Cotillion we meet a veritable bevy of the typical Heyer characters:

Heyer’s books is discovering which of her stereotypical characters will court or insult each other in that ironic British upper class way we Heyer fans have come to love. 'Cotillion quickly moved to the top of my favorite Heyer books.It’s been years since I’ve run across the word “clodpole”, which Georgette Heyer uses to great effect in Cotillion, one of the splendid Regency romance novels that Sourcebooks had brought out and is available for order, including as an E-book, in this link. '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. But the more time she spends with Freddy, the more Kitty wonders whether Jack is the right choice after all. To make Jack jealous, Kitty impulsively convinces his cousin, the kind-hearted and chivalrous Freddy Standen, to enter into a pretend engagement.

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 If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser

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