Duels and Deception

  • Type: Books
  • By: Cindy Anstey
  • Age Category: Teens
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
  • Recommended by: Tom S.
  • ISBN/UPC: 9781250119094
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Romantic comedy? Regency romance? Action thriller? All of the above.

Lydia Whitfield is tediously killing time until she comes of age and can take over the management of her family’s estate.  Even worse, Lydia’s deceased father has promised her in marriage to a man she can’t stand – a dull but titled nincompoop who offers a future of soul-crushing boredom masked by a veneer of social respectability.  But things change when Lydia is threatened by an unknown evildoer who would steal her inheritance, and with the help of a handsome lawyer’s apprentice, Lydia proceeds to fight the bad guys and carve out a future of her own choosing.
 
This is a fun read that is respectful to the historical period and to the conventions of romantic drama.