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Publisher's summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Devil's Cub is read by Michael Maloney, who appears in Coronation Street and The Trial of Christine Keller.
Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs.
When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by.
To save Sophia's reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister's place - and once the Marquis sees through her disguise, he will be humiliated and forced to return her home.
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This is one of my favorite Heyer books.
- By Kay Nichols on 02-04-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Convenient Marriage
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Avita Jay
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family debts, young and headstrong Horry proposes to marry him instead. As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry feels increasingly unhappy. Then she meets the attractive and dangerous Lord Lethbridge, and her days suddenly become more exciting. But there is bad blood between Horry's husband and Lord Lethbridge, and as complications and deceptions mount, the social tangle grows ever trickier to unpick.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was entertaining. Good plot for a short book.
- By SW on 08-27-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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Lady of Quality
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Annis Wychwood delights in her independence. Beautiful, rich and far too busy for love, she has turned down the advances of many a hopeful suitor. But when she becomes entangled in the affairs of a runaway heiress, she encounters the girl's guardian, the notorious Oliver Carleton. While Oliver may be a reckless and uncivil rogue, Annis can't help but be drawn towards his wild ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Heyer, well narrated
- By Anonymous User on 10-02-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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Regency Buck
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Beautiful heiress Judith Taverner has her pick of London suitors. But her luck takes a turn for the worse when her hapless brother, Peregrine, becomes the target of a would-be-assassin. To Judith's great annoyance, their mysterious guardian - the handsome Earl of Worth - seems far more intent on wooing her than saving her brother, but all is not as it seems. When the truth is revealed, Judith will finally discover if the earl is after her money or her heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pride and Prejudice fan fic
- By FireCracker on 10-20-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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A Civil Contract
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a city man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- By Fran D on 12-05-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Reluctant Widow
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Daon Broni
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story read by an indifferent narrator
- By Mary Jane C. on 06-16-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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False Colours
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Callum Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
The Honourable Christopher Fancot, on leave from the diplomatic service in the summer of 1817, is startled to find his entrancing but incorrigibly extravagant mother on the brink of financial and social ruin - and more than alarmed to find that his twin, Evelyn, has disappeared without trace. Christopher - Kit - is forced into an outrageous masquerade by the tangled affairs of his wayward family: his rigid uncle, Lord Brumby; the surprisingly wily Sir Bonamy Ripple; the formidable old Lady Stavely and Evelyn's betrothed, Cressy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Elderly Amors
- By Jack Atherton on 06-23-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Transformation of Philip Jettan
- By: Georgette Heyer, Anne Hancock
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Hoping to win the hand of lovely Cleone Charteris, Philip Jettan discovers that wealth and country manners are not enough. Cleone has been exposed to the gallantries of London society and finds Philip too blunt and boorish. His sophisticated father agrees and the frustrated young man departs for Paris and an education.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Foppish Flirt or Genuine Love
- By Sophia Rose on 02-16-23
By: Georgette Heyer, and others
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The Black Moth
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
The Black Moth, the literary debut of the British author Georgette Heyer, is set around the 1750s. The intricate plot involves the nobility - good and bad - as they indulge in abduction, cheating at card games, duels, highway robbery, and elopement. Fortunately, repentance intervenes and all the threads come together in a happy ending.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story distracting narration
- By Sharon on 08-14-20
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Talisman Ring
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage de convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, shares the slightest inclination to marry one another, yet it is Lord Lavenham's dying wish. For there is no one else to provide for the old man's granddaughter while Ludovic remains a fugitive from justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love her grasp of the absurd
- By Jan Kovac on 05-20-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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Charity Girl
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Hugh Skinner
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Charity Steane has nothing in the world but hope. Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, she decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it's just a matter of finding him.... And as a 'charity girl' with no dowry and no options, hope can only get her so far. But with the help of the dashing and kind-hearted Desford and his dearest friend Hetta, it seems like Charity's fortunes might be about to change. That is, until the surprise appearance of a long-lost relative throws things into chaos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t be fooled
- By Alison Hroblak on 02-07-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Convenient Marriage
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Caroline Hunt
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 765
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 638
When the most eligible Earl of Rule offers for the hand of the beauty of the Winwood family, he has no notion of the distress he causes his intended. For Miss Lizzie Winwood is promised to the excellent, but impoverished, Mr Edward Heron. Disaster can only be averted by the delightful impetuosity of her youngest sister, Horatia, who conceives her own, distinctly original plans . . .
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing narration
- By Ann Zimrin on 01-23-12
By: Georgette Heyer
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Frederica
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Federica Sassaroli
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Chi è Frederica Merriville? È questa la domanda che si pone il marchese di Alverstoke quando una signorina, attraente e padrona di sé, si rivolge a lui perché l'aiuti a lanciare nella buona società di Londra la sua giovane e bellissima sorella Charis, e si prenda cura dei suoi fratelli ancora adolescenti. E perché Alverstoke, trentasettenne annoiato e molto ambito dalle donne, dovrebbe acconsentire alla richiesta di una parente lontana e sconosciuta come Frederica? Per far dispetto alle sue ambiziose sorelle? Perché conquistato dalla bellezza di Charis?
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3 out of 5 stars
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This title is not in English
- By Kindle Customer on 02-19-22
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Georgette Heyer BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Simon Shepherd, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
The acknowledged ‘queen of Regency romance’, best-selling author Georgette Heyer, also penned a dozen delightful mystery novels. Included here are dramatisations of four of her finest stories from both genres, full of her characteristic wit, charm and period detail.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beware of Disappointment
- By Carol on 08-14-20
By: Georgette Heyer
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Footsteps in the Dark
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia are totally charmed by their newly inherited country house. But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye. Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside, and down in the village, the locals whisper of a ghostly figure that roams the halls. When a murder is committed, the new owners start to fear the rumours are true - but is their new home really haunted, or is someone trying to scare them away?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lighthearted gothic
- By Blithe Alden on 05-30-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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Airs Above the Ground
- The suspenseful, romantic story that will sweep you off your feet
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Antonia Whillans
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 256
Vanessa March's husband, Lewis, is meant to be on a business trip in Stockholm - so why does he briefly appear in newsreel footage of a fire at a circus in Vienna, with his arm around another woman? Vanessa flies to Austria to find her husband, inadvertently becoming involved in a mystery that spans three countries...and the famous dancing stallions of the Spanish Riding School. The moonlight flooded the meadow, blanching all colours to its own ghostly silver. The pines were very black.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vintage book...still a great story.
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 05-09-19
By: Mary Stewart
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- 04-14-24
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Several times the characters made me laugh out loud. Definitely my favorite author hands down
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