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Cotillion
by Georgette Heyer
I *adored* this book. Georgette Heyer's books have a specific kind of humor, and apparently it's mine, because I giggled through the whole thing.
This book starts when a miserly old man decides his ward, Kitty Charing, will only get his sizable fortune if she marries one of his great-nephews. It's all a ploy to get Jack, who is basically London's biggest man-whore, to settle down and marry Kitty. But on the day appointed for all the great-nephews to offer for Kitty, Jack doesn't show. He knows he's his uncle's favorite, he knows that Kitty's had a crush on him since childhood, and he won't let anyone force his hand.
That leaves Kitty with two offers of marriage: one from Hugh, a rector, with a stick up his erm, never mind, and another from Dolph, who is one sandwich short of a picnic. Hurt and desperate, she makes a spontaneous decision to flee to London, and when she stops at a nearby hostelry, she runs into Freddy, another great-nephew, who is on his way to Kitty's house without knowing why his great-uncle called him there. Kitty breaks the news to him, and with much cajoling and emotional manipulation, convinces Freddy to become fake-betrothed to her so she can go to London and stay with his parents for a month, while she sorts out her troubles.
That is how the story begins. It's pretty obvious to everyone, including Freddy, that Kitty is trying to make Jack jealous, but once in London, instead of focusing on Jack, she becomes embroiled in trying to fix everyone's love lives, because she has a big heart, and is naive to boot.
Freddy is the best romantic protagonist--I loved him! He gets a bad rap from his friends and family for not being smart, but he *is* smart; he has loads of common sense; he's just not bookish. He is kind and compassionate, and the biggest dandy, which cracked me up. He can overlook a character flaw, but so help him if you're wearing the wrong color dress for your complexion! ;-)
I loved not only the main storyline but also the subplots. All hail Georgette Heyer, queen of the ensemble cast!
This book starts when a miserly old man decides his ward, Kitty Charing, will only get his sizable fortune if she marries one of his great-nephews. It's all a ploy to get Jack, who is basically London's biggest man-whore, to settle down and marry Kitty. But on the day appointed for all the great-nephews to offer for Kitty, Jack doesn't show. He knows he's his uncle's favorite, he knows that Kitty's had a crush on him since childhood, and he won't let anyone force his hand.
That leaves Kitty with two offers of marriage: one from Hugh, a rector, with a stick up his erm, never mind, and another from Dolph, who is one sandwich short of a picnic. Hurt and desperate, she makes a spontaneous decision to flee to London, and when she stops at a nearby hostelry, she runs into Freddy, another great-nephew, who is on his way to Kitty's house without knowing why his great-uncle called him there. Kitty breaks the news to him, and with much cajoling and emotional manipulation, convinces Freddy to become fake-betrothed to her so she can go to London and stay with his parents for a month, while she sorts out her troubles.
That is how the story begins. It's pretty obvious to everyone, including Freddy, that Kitty is trying to make Jack jealous, but once in London, instead of focusing on Jack, she becomes embroiled in trying to fix everyone's love lives, because she has a big heart, and is naive to boot.
Freddy is the best romantic protagonist--I loved him! He gets a bad rap from his friends and family for not being smart, but he *is* smart; he has loads of common sense; he's just not bookish. He is kind and compassionate, and the biggest dandy, which cracked me up. He can overlook a character flaw, but so help him if you're wearing the wrong color dress for your complexion! ;-)
I loved not only the main storyline but also the subplots. All hail Georgette Heyer, queen of the ensemble cast!