A Little Folly

by Jude Morgan

A witty and romantic novel of Regency love, family and appalling scandal, from one of our greatest historical novelists.

Sir Clement Carnell was the most domineering and strait-laced of fathers, and his death has left his children Louisa and Valentine with a sense of release. While Valentine throws open the Devonshire estate of Pennacombe to their fashionable cousins from London, Louisa feels free at last to reject the man her father chose as her prospective husband - Pearce Lynley. Soon the temptations of Regency London beckon - including Lady Harriet Eversholt, beautiful, scandalous, and very married, with whom Valentine becomes dangerously involved; while Louisa finds that freedom of choice is as daunting as it is exciting. Will the opportunity to indulge, at last, in a little folly lead to fulfillment - or disaster?

• ISBN10: 0755307674
• ISBN13: 9780755307678
• Publish Date: 9 December 2010 (first published 4 March 2010)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Imprint: Headline Review
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

I liked this gentle romance novel, several romances, some not so wise populate this story and the two main characters, Louisa and Valentine I found interesting. Their first taste of freedom out from under the iron thumb of their father, Sir Clement Carnell and of course everything can't run smoothly or the story wouldn't be interesting. I also liked how the husband Louisa's father choose also found love and found that he could love.

A nice story, well done and I found myself eager to find out what happens next.