Heyer, Georgette

A collection of eleven regency romance stories by Georgette Heyer.

Naive Venetia Lanyon lives a quiet life until she meets her notorious neighbor Jasper, Lord Damerel, who would marry her in a heartbeat if he didn't think it would ruin her.

The death of Lord Darracott's oldest son leaves him with no choice but to summon the next heir, his derelict brother's son Hugo, to Kent, and presuming Hugo will be coarse and unrefined, decides--without the two of them ever having met--to marry him off to his granddaughter Anthea.

Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, finds his single-minded pursuit of revenge against the Comte de St. Vire sidetracked by a beautiful orphan.

To the shock of her family, Lady Hester refuses the proposal of Sir Gareth Ludlow.

Sir Waldo Hawkridge, confirmed bachelor and one of the wealthiest men in London, comes instantly to the aid of the intrepid Ancilla Trent to stop a young, tempestuous woman's flight, and in the process discovers that it's never too late for the first bloom of love.

Eighteen-year-old Sophy is entrusted to the care of her aunt while her father is on a diplomatic mission, and fearless and full of spunk, she soon has the entire family shaken up and revitalized.

Lord Sheringham, rejected by the incomparable Miss Milbourne, vows to marry the next woman he sees in order to gain control of his inheritance, and happens upon Hero Wantage, a penniless, childhood playmate who has always loved him, and while she is delighted to be his wife, Hero's lack of sophistication gets her into one scrape after another until a near scandal makes Sheringham realize he loves her too.