The Reluctant Widow - Georgette Heyer

In The Reluctant Widow, Heyer intertwines a suspenseful plot with a sparkling Regency romance. Eleanor Rochdale finds herself married and widowed within 24 hours, and embroiled in an international spy ring. \n \nLively, amusing...done to a turn!--Kirkus Reviews\n \nA fateful mistake...\n \nWhen Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer's home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death.\n \nA momentous decision...\n \nHis cousin, Mr Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace as a simple business arrangement. By morning, Elinor is a rich widow, but finds herself embroiled with an international spy ring, housebreakers, uninvited guests, and murder. And Mr Carlyon won't let her leave ...\n \nWhat readers are saying about The Reluctant Widow\n \nDelightful and purely entertaining. The plot involves comedy, intrigue, espionage, cloaks and daggers, and things going bump in the night - served with a sauce of witty repartee that is the Heyer hallmark. Unforgettable.\n \nOne of my favorites!\n \nA delightfully funny and mysterious romp.\n \nReading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen. -- Publisher's Weekly\n