[T]the dialogue among the characters is completely delightful... Georgette Heyer builds a wonderful and complete world for her reader to sink into – like a bubble bath or a welcoming chair to relax you at the end of a busy day, but more fun. Much more fun. (Lady Anne Jane Austen's World 20090529)
Exciting and interesting from harrowing start to dramatic finish, Georgette Heyer's Cousin Kate was a delightfully dark and sinfully satisfying read. (Rhianna Walker Rhi Reading 20090626)
Filled with strange illnesses, intrigue, and a few murders thrown in along the way, this book is sure to please. (Shawn Remfry Maymay's Memos 20090707)
Cousin Kate was simply another great performance by this wonderful writer and it only makes me elated to know that there are plenty more of her books to read. (Lilianna Swistek Reading Extravaganza 20090824)
As Gothic novels go Cousin Kate has all the right elements. A menacing country house set on sweeping grounds, strange knocks in the night, locked doors, family secrets, and whispers of madness. (Danielle Torress A Work in Progress )
Very good; excellent characterization and a decent plot. As usual, Heyer is faultlessly entertaining (Nancy Horner Bookfoolery and Babble )
Full of suspense, humor, romance and myster... a dark gothic novel with a little bit of roman thrown in for fun. (Christine Plaisted Cousin Kate )
Product Description
Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances.
"Miss Heyer serves up a very different sort of tale in the same period setting, nothing less than a full-fledged Gothic. And a very expert job she does of it, too, complete with a remote and forbidding country house, screams in the night, dark hints of something best left unmentioned... nicely leavened with wit, romance, and wonderful period slang." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A surprising invitation Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood. But the household is strange and strained—Kate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Torquil lives in another.
A dark family secret As bizarre events unfold and Kate begins to question the reasons for her aunt's unexpected generosity, she has no one to confide in but her cousin Philip. Sympathetic though he may appear, will he tell her what she most needs to know... before it's too late?
What readers say: "Flawless gothic romance."
"A dark and different Regency romance."
"Cousin Kate remains a classic Heyer study of character and Regency attitudes, and boasts a wonderfully warm and generous heroine who it is impossible to dislike and one of Heyer's most pleasant and agreeable heroes."
"A superior Georgette Heyer work; a bit darker and more serious than most of her other books, but as always there is the fast wit and a happy ending."
Description:
Review
[T]the dialogue among the characters is completely delightful... Georgette Heyer builds a wonderful and complete world for her reader to sink into – like a bubble bath or a welcoming chair to relax you at the end of a busy day, but more fun. Much more fun. (Lady Anne Jane Austen's World 20090529)
Exciting and interesting from harrowing start to dramatic finish, Georgette Heyer's Cousin Kate was a delightfully dark and sinfully satisfying read. (Rhianna Walker Rhi Reading 20090626)
Filled with strange illnesses, intrigue, and a few murders thrown in along the way, this book is sure to please. (Shawn Remfry Maymay's Memos 20090707)
Cousin Kate was simply another great performance by this wonderful writer and it only makes me elated to know that there are plenty more of her books to read. (Lilianna Swistek Reading Extravaganza 20090824)
As Gothic novels go Cousin Kate has all the right elements. A menacing country house set on sweeping grounds, strange knocks in the night, locked doors, family secrets, and whispers of madness. (Danielle Torress A Work in Progress )
Very good; excellent characterization and a decent plot. As usual, Heyer is faultlessly entertaining (Nancy Horner Bookfoolery and Babble )
Full of suspense, humor, romance and myster... a dark gothic novel with a little bit of roman thrown in for fun. (Christine Plaisted Cousin Kate )
Product Description
Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances.
"Miss Heyer serves up a very different sort of tale in the same period setting, nothing less than a full-fledged Gothic. And a very expert job she does of it, too, complete with a remote and forbidding country house, screams in the night, dark hints of something best left unmentioned... nicely leavened with wit, romance, and wonderful period slang."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A surprising invitation
Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood. But the household is strange and strained—Kate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Torquil lives in another.
A dark family secret
As bizarre events unfold and Kate begins to question the reasons for her aunt's unexpected generosity, she has no one to confide in but her cousin Philip. Sympathetic though he may appear, will he tell her what she most needs to know... before it's too late?
What readers say:
"Flawless gothic romance."
"A dark and different Regency romance."
"Cousin Kate remains a classic Heyer study of character and Regency attitudes, and boasts a wonderfully warm and generous heroine who it is impossible to dislike and one of Heyer's most pleasant and agreeable heroes."
"A superior Georgette Heyer work; a bit darker and more serious than most of her other books, but as always there is the fast wit and a happy ending."
(20090512)