In a career spanning over 50 years, Georgette Heyer produced 56 novels and the material for 3 short story collections.
The Black Moth (1921)
Georgian Romance, set c. 1751.
Suffering from a noble but public disgrace, nobleman Jack Carstares has taken to highway robbery. Upon rescuing the beautiful Diana Beauleigh from abduction by an old enemy, the two fall in love... but can Jack ever clear his name and make of himself a respectable man once more?
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The Great Roxhythe (1923)
Historical Fiction, set 1668 - 1665.
David, the Most Noble Marquis of Roxhythe presents the appearance of an urbane courtier uninterested in politics, but he is secretly a special emissary and spy for his beloved King, Charles II. But can his worshipful new secretary, the earnest Christopher Dart, accept the shocking fact of his true self?
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Powder and Patch (1923/1930)
Georgian Romance, set 1770. (Originally published as The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Stella Martin)
Spurned by his lady love for his lack of polish and refinement, young Philip Jettan sets off for Paris to learn the arts of a gentleman. Gaining great success, he returns to London to claim his bride--but Cleone soon learns that she should be careful what she wishes for...
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Instead of the Thorn (1923)
Contemporary Romance, set in the 1920s.
Strictly raised on old-fashioned principles, the young and beautiful Elizabeth Arden is swept off her feet by the very modern Stephen Ramsay. But marriage is not everything Elizabeth had dreamed it would be, and both she and Stephen must learn to adapt if they are to make a happy life together.
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Simon the Coldheart (1925)
Historical Fiction, set in the early 1400s.
The self-styled Simon of Beauvallet rises from illegitimate page to knight, lord and respected general in the army of his friend, Henry V, but his mettle, and his seemingly cold heart, are tested when he is given a mission to subdue the rebellious French stronghold of Belrémy—and the fiery, independent Lady Margaret.
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These Old Shades (1926)
Georgian Romance, set c. 1756.
Languid, ruthless and frighteningly intelligent, the wealthy and fashionable Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon, comes upon the runaway Léon on the streets of Paris one night, and makes him his page, for reasons of his own.
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Helen (1928)
Contemporary Novel, set c. 1900 - 1923.
From her birth to her betrothal, follow the adventures of Helen Marchant, a good girl from a good family who grows up on a pleasant country estate under the care of her progressive, doting father. But into Helen's idyllic life there comes the inevitable difficulty. And the difficult question of love...
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The Masqueraders (1928)
Georgian Romance, set in 1746.
Siblings Peter and Kate Merriot arrive in London to near-universal admiration, but the pair are hiding an outrageous secret. Only the deceptively dull Sir Anthony Fanshawe pierces their disguise, and seeks to set them on the path to redemption; with help from their masterly father, who is playing a very deep game...
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Pastel (1929)
Contemporary Novel, set in the 1920s.
Frances Stornaway has always felt eclipsed by her younger sister, Evelyn—which is why she is pleased that Evelyn is not present when she meets her dream man, the fatally attractive Oliver Fayre. But is Oliver indeed destined for Frances, or must she settle for second-best?
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Beauvallet (1929)
Historical Romance, set in 1586. (A sequel to Simon the Coldheart)
When audacious privateer Sir Nicholas Beauvallet boards an enemy Spanish ship, little does he expect to encounter his future. But the spirited Doña Dominica de Rada y Sylva captures his heart in an instant, and Nick will do anything to see her again, even if it means risking his life...
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Barren Corn (1930)
Contemporary Novel, set in the 1920s.
Fascinated by the beauty of shop assistant Laura Burton, the well-born Hugh Salinger defies convention and marries her. But can these two people from very different backgrounds find a way to coexist after the honeymoon is over?
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The Conqueror (1931)
Historical Novel, set from 1028 - 1066.
Illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy, young William must defend his castle, his lands and his life from the encroaching enemies surrounding him, both at home and abroad. But his destiny is calling him from across the seas, and his military talent just might win the day...
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Footsteps in the Dark (1932)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
Visiting an old Tudor manor house they recently inherited, a family encounters strange noises in the night that the locals assure them are caused by ghosts. But is it really the spectres of the long-dead who haunt their nights, or is there a more mundane, if suspicious, explanation?
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Devil's Cub (1932)
Georgian Romance, set in 1789. (Sequel to These Old Shades.)
Wild, reckless and arrogant, Dominic Alastair, Marquis of Vidal, has never known the taste of defeat. But when he sets his sights on the straight-laced Mary Challoner's beautiful younger sister, he soon discovers that there are some challenges for which he is not yet prepared...
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Why Shoot a Butler? (1933)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
On a lonely country road on a foggy night, solicitor Frank Amberley discovers a dead body in a car, and a lovely young woman on the scene. Discovering that the murdered man is butler to a local, well-respected family, Frank soon gets entangled in the investigation. But why would anyone want to shoot a butler?
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The Convenient Marriage (1934)
Georgian Romance, set in 1776.
Brave, loyal and unconventional, young Horatia Winwood cannot bear the thought of her beautiful elder sister being forced into marriage to save their family fortunes, so she volunteers to wed the Earl of Rule instead. To the surprise of everyone, he agrees...
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The Unfinished Clue (1934)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
When a domestic tyrant is found dead in his study, there is no shortage of suspects who may have liked to see this unpleasant man dead. Scotland Yard's Inspector Harding is called in to investigate, but can he remain impartial, when he discovers that there is one person he very much wishes to see exonerated?
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Death in the Stocks (1935)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s. (Published in the US as Merely Murder)
Arnold Vereker is found dead, trapped in a set of stocks on a village green near his country cottage. With his carefree siblings Antonia and Kenneth the chief suspects in his demise, can their cousin and solicitor, Giles Carrington, assist Hannasyde and Hemingway to find the real killer?
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Regency Buck (1935)
Regency Romance, set in 1811.
Heiress Judith Taverner travels to London, along with her brother, to meet with their new trustee. Accosted along the way by a man she considers no gentleman, despite his polished appearance, imagine her surprise and dismay when she discovers he is the very man she is seeking.
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Behold, Here's Poison! (1936)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
The death of enigmatic patriarch Gregory Matthews kicks off family squabbles and an unexpected romance as Hannasyde and Hemingway are called in to solve his mysterious poisoning. But how was it done? And who could have done it?
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The Talisman Ring (1936)
Georgian Romance, set in 1793.
The recently deceased Baron Lavenham's heir, Ludovic, has long been on the run, falsely accused of murder. Enter his cousins, Sir Tristam Shield and Eustacie de Vaubon, and the chance-met Sarah Thane, who attempt to prove his innocence and set him back in his rightful place.
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They Found Him Dead (1937)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
The death of Silas Kane, apparently from an unlucky fall over a cliff, is only the beginning of the disasters that befall the Kane family, one after the other. But with Hannasyde and Hemingway on the case, aided by an avid teen with a fascination for cinema, perhaps justice will be served before anyone else has to die.
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An Infamous Army (1937)
Regency Romance, set in 1815.
In this sequel to These Old Shades, Devil's Cub and Regency Buck, Lady Barbara Childe, lovely, widowed and wild, embarks upon a tempestuous romance with Major Charles Audley, of Wellington's staff, in the leadup to the momentous events at Waterloo.
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A Blunt Instrument (1938)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
Everyone seems to have loved the charming Ernest Fletcher. Why, then, was he found dead in his study, murdered in the most brutal of ways? Hannasyde and Hemingway are on the case, as is the intrepid Sally Drew, crime author, and her reluctant assistant, Neville Fletcher—who also happens to be a suspect.
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Royal Escape (1939)
Historical Fiction, set in 1651.
After his defeat at Worcester, Charles II must elude capture at the hands of the determined Cromwellian hordes. He and his staunchest defenders set off on a desperate course, in an attempt to get the usurped king out of England, to live to fight another day.
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No Wind of Blame (1939)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1930s.
The reckless, feckless Wally Carter is shot dead in broad daylight, but it seems like no one could possibly have done it. Enter the newly anointed Inspector Hemingway, who must uncover the culprit among an array of colourful suspects, and figure out the most ingenious of murder methods.
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The Spanish Bride (1940)
Historical Fiction, set from 1812 - 1815.
Just fourteen years old, Castilian aristocrat Juana María de los Dolores de León marries Captain Harry Smith of the 95th Rifles on a Spanish battlefield. Refusing to leave his side, she follows him across the battlefields of Europe, and the two find happiness amid the ever-present dangers of war.
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The Corinthian (1940)
Regency Romance, set from 1812. (Published in the US as Beau Wyndham)
Sir Richard Wyndham is on the precipice of making a despised arranged marriage when he gets involved in the runaway Pen Creed's flight from a distasteful marriage of her own. The pair are soon swept up in adventure, and find an unexpected romance.
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Envious Casca (1941)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1940s.
It is Christmastime at Lexham Manor, but that is no reason to welcome guests, according to the wealthy, irascible Nat Herriard. When he is found mysteriously dead in his locked bedroom, however, it is up to Hemingway to figure out just which of his guests betrayed his reluctant hospitality the most.
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Faro's Daughter (1941)
Georgian Romance, set in 1795.
Determined to save his infatuated cousin from a shocking mesalliance, Max Ravenscar offends Deborah Grantham by trying to buy her off. Independent, proud and righteous, Deb refuses to countenance such an insult, and is set on revenge. Let the games begin!
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Penhallow (1942)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1940s.
Adam Penhallow rules over his family with an iron fist and an acid tongue. There is not a single member of his family who does not feel life would be better without him, but when he is found dead, their lives begin to unravel, as unwelcome truths are revealed.
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Friday's Child (1944)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Spurned by the beauty he loves, but in need of a wife, young Lord Sheringham impulsively weds his childhood friend, sixteen-year-old Hero Wantage, saving her from a life of drudgery. Unprepared for her new role, but eager to please, will Hero ever win Sherry's approval... and, perhaps, his love?
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The Reluctant Widow (1946)
Regency Romance, set in 1813.
Governess Elinor Rochdale went into the country to take up a new position, but little did she expect that it would be as wife, then widow, to the profligate Eustace Cheviot. But the masterful Lord Carlyon, finding Elinor mistakenly, fortuitously, in his orbit, is not one to take no for an answer.
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The Foundling (1948)
Regency Romance, set in 1818.
Adolphus Gillespie Ware, Duke of Sale, has been cossetted and coddled his whole life, and wants nothing more than to be free of his loving overseers for once. An opportunity arises when his cousin seeks his help, setting Gilly off on an adventure the likes of which he had never imagined.
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Arabella (1949)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Parson's daughter Arabella Tallant is on her way to London when a carriage accident sets her in the path of the cynical Robert Beaumaris. Nettled by his suspicion of her, she masquerades as a brilliant heiress, little knowing just where her tall tale would lead her.
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The Grand Sophy (1950)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
When Sophia Stanton-Lacy is sent to London to debut under the aegis of her aunt, she discovers that her family is in dire need of her assistance. Assistance she is determined to render, even if her ill-tempered cousin Charles disapproves of her at every turn.
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Duplicate Death (1951)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1940s.
When social-climbing hostess Mrs. Haddington's bridge party is spoiled by a murder, almost anyone might be a suspect. But when a second, near identical, death occurs, only Inspector Hemingway can untangle the problem, with the help of an old friend. (This is a sort-of sequel to They Found Him Dead.)
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The Quiet Gentleman (1951)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Recently returned from the Peninsular, Gervase Frant, the new Earl of St Erth, is not exactly welcomed with open arms by his estranged family. But he did not expect to endure quite so many attempts on his life. Nor did he expect to find his house guest, the plain but pleasing Drusilla Morville, so utterly delightful.
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Cotillion (1953)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Given a chance to escape from her strict guardian and sample the delights of London, orphaned Kitty Charing jumps at it, convincing that kind-hearted Pink of the Ton, Freddy Standen, to pretend they are betrothed. But when it comes time to end the deception, will either of them really wish to do so?
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Detection Unlimited (1953)
Detective Fiction, set in the 1940s.
Pushy solicitor Sampson Warrenby was not much liked in the neighbourhood, but who hated him enough to kill him, and who could possibly have done it? Hemingway must sort through the tangle of alibis and lies before he gets to the truth in this, his last case, and Heyer's last detective novel.
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The Toll-Gate (1954)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Captain Jack Staple, returned from the Peninsular War, is bored and restless when he comes upon young Ben Brean, left in charge of the toll-gate, his father apparently missing. Unable to abandon the boy, Jack stays the night—and decides to stay even longer, upon first sight of the lovely Nell Stornaway.
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Bath Tangle (1955)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Many years after she brought their betrothal to an end, the spirited Lady Serena Carlow is enraged to discover that her father has left her fortune in the hands of the brash Ivo Barrasford, Marquis of Rotherham. But was her father right to do so, after all?
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Sprig Muslin (1956)
Regency Romance, set in 1813.
Set upon making a sensible, if loveless, marriage to a good friend, Sir Gareth Ludlow happens upon a lovely runaway and empowers himself to act as her guardian. But Amanda is no easy charge, and Gareth must enlist the aid of Lady Hester Theale, the chosen bride who has rejected him, to keep her safe from harm.
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April Lady (1957)
Regency Romance, set in 1813.
Wed for a year, Nell, Lady Cardross, and her much older husband are at outs over her extravagant spending habits. With neither realizing the other's depths of feeling, and with both hiding their own hearts behind a veneer of formality, can this marriage ever become more than one of apparent convenience?
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Sylvester (1957)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Having taken the haughty Sylvester Rayne, Duke of Salford, in acute dislike, Phoebe Marlow is appalled when she learns he is considering her for his bride. Running away from this calamity, Phoebe and her best friend Tom Orde are trapped in a country inn, due to both accident and weather. Then, Sylvester arrives...
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Venetia (1958)
Regency Romance, set in 1818.
Lovely and clever, Venetia Lanyon has spent her life immured in the country, hearing tales of her debauched neighbour, Lord Damerel. Her first encounter with the Wicked Baron bears out his reputation, but as time goes by, she revises her opinion of him, and the two become friends. Or might they be more?
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The Unknown Ajax (1959)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
When Lord Darracott announces that a hitherto unknown heir is to shortly arrive at his family's country estate, they are aghast; even more so when Hugo Darracott, huge and seemingly dull, arrives in their midst, broad Yorkshire accent and all. But there is more to Hugo than meets the eye.
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A Civil Contract (1961)
Regency Romance, set in 1814 - 1815.
Just back from the Peninsular, the new Viscount Lynton is dismayed to discover that his father has left their family fortunes in ruin. Resigned to his fate, he accepts a marriage of convenience to the quiet and plain Jenny Chawleigh, even though he loves another. But could Jenny be the right woman for him, after all?
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The Nonesuch (1962)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
When noted sportsman and landowner Sir Waldo Hawkridge arrives in a country village to examine his new inheritance, his cousin Lord Lindeth in tow, little does he realize when a sensation they will create—or what sparks will fly between him and disapproving, well-bred governess, Ancilla Trent.
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False Colours (1963)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Kit Fancot rushes to London, uneasy about his elder brother, Lord Denville. Finding his twin missing, Kit must take on an unlikely masquerade, to save embarrassment to his family, and to Cressida Stavely, Evelyn's intended bride. But Cressy has doubts about the match—until, that is, she meets Kit.
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Frederica (1965)
Regency Romance, set in 1818.
Eldest of a large, orphaned, family, Frederica Merriville plots to give her beautiful sister a London Season. In this she enlists the aid of the very bored Marquis of Alverstoke, who agrees for his own cynical reasons; but he soon discovers that it is impossible to remain bored, or cynical, when with the engaging Merrivilles.
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Black Sheep (1966)
Regency Romance, set in 1816.
Long-exiled Miles Calverleigh has returned from India with great wealth, and comes into conflict with Abigail Wendover, an independent beauty of spirit who lives quietly in Bath. Soon, however, the two develop an unusual friendship, and a deeper feeling that Miles refuses to let Abby deny.
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Cousin Kate (1968)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Orphaned Kate Malvern is offered a home with her Aunt Minerva at Staplewood, but despite the opulence of her new surroundings, she feels an increasing sense of unease, which only gets worst with the advent of her cousin Philip Broome, who makes her feel even more uncomfortable.
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Charity Girl (1970)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Viscount Desford finds Cherry Steane walking along the road, desperate to escape her dreary lot as a poor relation and seek refuge with her grandfather in London. Unable to abandon her to her fate, he takes her to his best friend Hetta Silverdale, while he sets about figuring out Cherry's life for her.
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Lady of Quality (1972)
Regency Romance, set in 1817.
Annis Wychwood is quite content with her respectable life in Bath. But when she is thrust into the romantic misadventures of Lucilla Carleton, erstwhile ward of the rude and dictatorial Oliver Carleton, she discovers what she had always been missing.
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My Lord John (1975)
Historical Novel, set from 1393 - 1413.
This unfinished historical tour de force follows the life of John of Lancaster, from his birth as the youngest son of his father, Henry IV, to the battlefields on which he fought for his family honour, just as the Wars of the Roses begin to ravage England.
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SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Pistols for Two (1960)
A collection of Regency Romances.
Contained herein are eleven period short stories penned by Georgette Heyer across several decades, dealing with eloping couples, love at first sight and many other a romantic storyline. First written for magazines, they were collected here for the first time.
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Snowdrift (2016)
A collection of Regency Romances.
The original eleven stories from Pistols for Two are joined here by three recently unearthed short stories —
"Pursuit," "Runaway Match" and "incident on the Bath Road" — in this lovely reissue of Georgette Heyer's collected period short stories.
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Acting on Impulse (2019)
A collection of Contemporary Romances.
From her first known short story, 1923's "A Proposal to Cecily" to 1935's "The Old Maid," this collection of Georgette Heyer's little-known contemporary shorts (alongside one Georgian melodrama, "Love") features commentary by International Heyer Society patronesses Jennifer Kloester and Rachel Hyland.
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