The Fortunate Marriage — Meriol Trevor

She defied society to claim her love...

Louisa was too young to really understand what was happening between her impulsive, golden-haired cousin Caroline and Caroline's coolly handsome husband, Colonel Rowland Dynham.

"Much too wild;' the gossips said of Caroline. But everyone was ready to accuse the colonel when a terrible mishap befell his wife.

Louisa refused to believe Rowland had anything to do with Caroline's accident. Her feelings for Rowland had become very disturbing. And she was growing up fast....

Here is an elegant and high-spirited Regency novel in the celebrated tradition of Georgette Heyer. It is a stunning close-up of Regency life from the ballrooms and gaming dens of London to the rocky and beautiful Cornish countryside.