Faro's Daughter by Geogette Heyer is an excellent read, but fairly short. The whole story gets told in 285 pages. This is one of the first novels of hers that I've read that has a lot of lead interaction. In fact they're nearly at each others throats in every other scene. It makes for a fun read.
Who is Deborah Grantham?
If you asked Adrian Maplethorpe he would say she is like a living goddess. She is beautiful, poised, elegantly mannered, full of grace, and charm. He would ask her to marry him if she would have him.
If you asked Max Ravenscar he would liken her unto a harpy, a jade, a doxy, a trollop, a wench, a cheating baggage, and a Jezebel. The woman would strangle a kitten for money and power. In short Deborah Grantham is vulgar.
What's a Faro's Daughter to do?
She'll make Max Ravenscar pay for the ill treatment and poor manners he's bestowed upon her person, that's what she'll do. What better way to make him regret his folly but to do the exact thing he fears and agree to marry his cousin? No money could bribe her to relinquish Adrian from his calf-love. The only thing she wants is for Ravenscar to admit his faults and misconceptions of her person.
So for the first time, Deborah caters to Adrian's infatuation. She lets him think she will marry him upon his majority but begs him not to tell his mother about their plans. It is however a most excellent idea to inform his trustee and cousin Max all about it!
On a public excursion surrounded by good ton, Deborah chooses most willfully to look and behave in the worst of fashions. Let Ravenscar see how a true harpy would behave! Adrian is disturbed by the affectation but writes it off to nerves.
In counter Max wins her aunt's debts from the brute who would use them to finagle Deborah into a position as his mistress. But even holding the debts and mortgage over her head, Deborah refuses to relinquish Lord Maplethorpe. Instead, Deb comes to the most brilliant of ideas!
She is going to kidnap Lord Ravenscar....
Overall this was a wonderful farce that included some of the best tit for tat I've had the pleasure to read. I simply couldn't put it down. For a wager between hearts that is full of flair and humor read Faro's Daughter. This is definitely going on my favorites shelf!
Rating: 4.5 Stars
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This sounds like a good Heyer to start with. I love books where the h/h fight all the time.
I like it too. I should probably make the distinction under the enemies category b/c it’s not always that the h/h are enemies it’s sometimes that they just bicker constantly
I like Georgette Heyer’s romance novels, the cover art is excellent, and so are the contents. I love the sound of bickering h/hs.
I have a few more that got added to my TBR pile. I can’t wait to dive into them!