Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125010887X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Patricia Veryan's superbly entertaining Regency romances have inspired Library Journal to call her "one of the most able writers of this genre," and The Chattanooga Times to proclaim her "a worthy successor to Georgette Heyer at her very best." Now, in The Noblest Frailty, Patricia Veryan continues this splendid tradition as she follows the adventures–and misadventures– of Yolande Drummond, Alain Devenish, and Craig Tyndale.
The Noblest Frailty
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125010887X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Patricia Veryan's superbly entertaining Regency romances have inspired Library Journal to call her "one of the most able writers of this genre," and The Chattanooga Times to proclaim her "a worthy successor to Georgette Heyer at her very best." Now, in The Noblest Frailty, Patricia Veryan continues this splendid tradition as she follows the adventures–and misadventures– of Yolande Drummond, Alain Devenish, and Craig Tyndale.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125010887X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Patricia Veryan's superbly entertaining Regency romances have inspired Library Journal to call her "one of the most able writers of this genre," and The Chattanooga Times to proclaim her "a worthy successor to Georgette Heyer at her very best." Now, in The Noblest Frailty, Patricia Veryan continues this splendid tradition as she follows the adventures–and misadventures– of Yolande Drummond, Alain Devenish, and Craig Tyndale.
The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466884339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy: A Novel of Georgian England by Patricia Veryan Elspeth Clayton's family has been living in considerably reduced circumstances, and to improve their finances, her brother Vance becomes a soldier of fortune. His assignments take him to France, where he is caught up in political intrigues. Injured in an attempt to escape a troop of dragoons, he is arrested and held in a French gaol for questioning and probable execution. In an effort to save her beloved brother, Elspeth turns first to his best friend and then to her most devoted suitor, but both are prevented from coming to her aid. Meanwhile, she has unintentionally antagonized Gervaise Valerian, a quick-tempered dandy, much admired in Town, but whom she finds far from enchanting. Valerian has devised a daring plan to smuggle his father, a fugitive from justice, out of England. When his accomplice in the scheme is rendered helpless, he blames Elspeth. Despite their mutual antipathy, they are each desperate to aid their loved ones, and with considerable reluctance they eventually decide to work together. Hunted by authorities on both sides of the Channel and pursued by unknown assassins, their efforts are fraught with danger but they persist with their struggle, in the course of which their feelings for each other undergo a marked change.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466884339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy: A Novel of Georgian England by Patricia Veryan Elspeth Clayton's family has been living in considerably reduced circumstances, and to improve their finances, her brother Vance becomes a soldier of fortune. His assignments take him to France, where he is caught up in political intrigues. Injured in an attempt to escape a troop of dragoons, he is arrested and held in a French gaol for questioning and probable execution. In an effort to save her beloved brother, Elspeth turns first to his best friend and then to her most devoted suitor, but both are prevented from coming to her aid. Meanwhile, she has unintentionally antagonized Gervaise Valerian, a quick-tempered dandy, much admired in Town, but whom she finds far from enchanting. Valerian has devised a daring plan to smuggle his father, a fugitive from justice, out of England. When his accomplice in the scheme is rendered helpless, he blames Elspeth. Despite their mutual antipathy, they are each desperate to aid their loved ones, and with considerable reluctance they eventually decide to work together. Hunted by authorities on both sides of the Channel and pursued by unknown assassins, their efforts are fraught with danger but they persist with their struggle, in the course of which their feelings for each other undergo a marked change.
Had We Never Loved
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250101298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"Dashing Georgian romance," said Booklist of Time's Fool, the first stunning adventure in Patricia Veryan's Tales of the Jewelled Men. This second gem in the sparkling new series finds the sinister League of the Jewelled Men hatching another deadly conspiracy: their chosen victim one Lord Horatio Glendenning, and the prize his father's estate...
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250101298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"Dashing Georgian romance," said Booklist of Time's Fool, the first stunning adventure in Patricia Veryan's Tales of the Jewelled Men. This second gem in the sparkling new series finds the sinister League of the Jewelled Men hatching another deadly conspiracy: their chosen victim one Lord Horatio Glendenning, and the prize his father's estate...
Journey To Enchantment
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 1250118484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Beautiful, flame-haired, fiercely independent Prudence has two passions: Scotland and the heroics of Ligun Doone, scourge of the hated Redcoats. And she is shocked when her father takes one of those Redcoats–a wounded English soldier–into their home on the shores of Loch Ness. But soon Prudence begins to suspect this Englishman is more than he seems–she fears he is a spy, even as she begins to surrender her heart. What's more, she is suddenly embroiled in a daring plot to rescue rebel Scots and smuggle a cypher containing the location of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure. This is her adventure of a lifetime, with even greater treasures to be found on her Journey to Enchantment.
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 1250118484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Beautiful, flame-haired, fiercely independent Prudence has two passions: Scotland and the heroics of Ligun Doone, scourge of the hated Redcoats. And she is shocked when her father takes one of those Redcoats–a wounded English soldier–into their home on the shores of Loch Ness. But soon Prudence begins to suspect this Englishman is more than he seems–she fears he is a spy, even as she begins to surrender her heart. What's more, she is suddenly embroiled in a daring plot to rescue rebel Scots and smuggle a cypher containing the location of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure. This is her adventure of a lifetime, with even greater treasures to be found on her Journey to Enchantment.
The Riddle of Alabaster Royal
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312171218
Category : Country homes
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
On returning to England from the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Jack Vespa moves into an inherited country mansion, rather than live in London. To his surprise he discovers the mansion is haunted and is already inhabited by a beautiful Italian woman. By the author of Lanterns.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312171218
Category : Country homes
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
On returning to England from the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Jack Vespa moves into an inherited country mansion, rather than live in London. To his surprise he discovers the mansion is haunted and is already inhabited by a beautiful Italian woman. By the author of Lanterns.
The Riddle Of The Reluctant Rake
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466884304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Adair, best friend of Captain Jack Vespa, the dashing hero of Veryan's last two novels, wakes up in the arms of an unwed lady of Quality, scandalizing all of London, and in attempting to right things, runs straight into a government conspiracy... in The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466884304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Adair, best friend of Captain Jack Vespa, the dashing hero of Veryan's last two novels, wakes up in the arms of an unwed lady of Quality, scandalizing all of London, and in attempting to right things, runs straight into a government conspiracy... in The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake.
The Tyrant
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250101417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Tyrant is the eagerly awaited third volume in Patricia Veryan's series of romantic adventures set in Georgian England, The Golden Chronicles. The year is 1746, and as the beautiful Phoebe Ramsay, who is in love with Brooks Lambert, prepares herself for the Ramsay Summer Ball, she can hardly suspect that she will be betrothed before the night is over to a virtual stranger-a man named Meredith Carruthers, who is also known as The Tyrant.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250101417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Tyrant is the eagerly awaited third volume in Patricia Veryan's series of romantic adventures set in Georgian England, The Golden Chronicles. The year is 1746, and as the beautiful Phoebe Ramsay, who is in love with Brooks Lambert, prepares herself for the Ramsay Summer Ball, she can hardly suspect that she will be betrothed before the night is over to a virtual stranger-a man named Meredith Carruthers, who is also known as The Tyrant.
A Shadow's Bliss
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312105436
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
To Jennifer Britwell, the lord's daughter, the handsome village idiot who is given a job as a coachman by the castle is no idiot, his accent gives him away as a man of her rank. Fortunate, too, because soon she is in danger and needs a protector.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312105436
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
To Jennifer Britwell, the lord's daughter, the handsome village idiot who is given a job as a coachman by the castle is no idiot, his accent gives him away as a man of her rank. Fortunate, too, because soon she is in danger and needs a protector.
Never Doubt I Love
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250101379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Overview"A writer of incomparable magic." -Romantic Times SHE WAS A SIMPLE COUNTRY MISS-CAUGHT UP IN A WORLD OF DANGER AND ROMANCE! Zoe Grainger arrived in London for a Season under the auspices of her dreadfully vain and disagreeable sponsor, Lady Clara Buttershaw. But even the awful Lady Buttershaw could not spoil Zoe's chances for love, especially when a chance encounter threw her in the way of Lieutenant Peregrine Cranford. And as love embraced Zoe, so did danger. For when Zoe discovered that her brother had become the target of the nefarious League of Jewelled Men, she courageously endeavored to protect him-and the man who had come to claim her heart. . . . Patricia Veryan is a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250101379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Overview"A writer of incomparable magic." -Romantic Times SHE WAS A SIMPLE COUNTRY MISS-CAUGHT UP IN A WORLD OF DANGER AND ROMANCE! Zoe Grainger arrived in London for a Season under the auspices of her dreadfully vain and disagreeable sponsor, Lady Clara Buttershaw. But even the awful Lady Buttershaw could not spoil Zoe's chances for love, especially when a chance encounter threw her in the way of Lieutenant Peregrine Cranford. And as love embraced Zoe, so did danger. For when Zoe discovered that her brother had become the target of the nefarious League of Jewelled Men, she courageously endeavored to protect him-and the man who had come to claim her heart. . . . Patricia Veryan is a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times
The Dedicated Villain
Author: Patricia Veryan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 031202570X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In the thoroughly satisfying finale to The Golden Chronicles, Veryan's splendid series of romantic adventures set in Georgian England, the author responds to the demands of her many loyal readers, creating a hero from a notorious rake.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 031202570X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In the thoroughly satisfying finale to The Golden Chronicles, Veryan's splendid series of romantic adventures set in Georgian England, the author responds to the demands of her many loyal readers, creating a hero from a notorious rake.