Russell's ebook Library
April Lady
Georgette Heyer
What seems a marriage of convenience... When young newlywed Lady Nell Cardross begins to fill her days with fashion and frivolity, the earl has to wonder whether she really did marry him for his money, as his family so helpfully suggests. And now Nel...
Arabella
Georgette Heyer
Daughter of a modest country clergyman, Arabella Tallant is on her way to London when her carriage breaks down outside the hunting lodge of the wealthy Mr. Robert Beaumaris. Her pride stung when she overhears a remark of her host's, Arabella pretends...
Bath Tangle
Georgette Heyer
"Bath Tangle" has all the hallmarks of a classic Georgette Heyer read - witty dialogue, humorous eccentrics, a well-constructed plot and flesh-and-blood characters about whom the reader comes to genuinely care.
Beauvallet
Georgette Heyer
The most daring, dashing hero of all"Mad Nicholas" to his friends, "Scourge of Spain" to his enemies, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet is one of Queen Elizabeth's most dashing buccaneers and has never been known to resist a challenge.A Spanish lady all fire a...
Behold, Here's Poison
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hannasyde [2]: Meet the Matthews - before the next one dies...It's no ordinary morning at the Poplars - the master is found dead in his bed, and it seems his high blood pressure was not the cause. When an autopsy reveals a sinister poison, ...
The Black Moth
Georgette Heyer
A disgraced lord, a notorious highwaymanJack Carstares, the disgraced Earl of Wyndam, left England seven long years ago, sacrificing his honor for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards. Now Jack is back, roaming his beloved Sou...
Black Sheep
Georgette Heyer
Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle.Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his family - enormou...
A Blunt Instrument
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hannasyde [4]: Who would kill the perfect gentleman?When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?Superinte...
Charity Girl
Georgette Heyer
A young and lovely runaway alone on the road to LondonMiss Charity Steane is running away from the drudgery of her aunt's household to find her grandfather. Not expecting her visit, the old gentleman is not in London but is away in the country.A scan...
A Civil Contract
Georgette Heyer
Adam Deveril, Viscount Lynton, returns home from war to find his family in financial ruin. To help his family, he sacrifices his love for the beautiful Julia and marries plain Jenny Chawleigh, whose father is a wealthy businessman determined to marry...
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer
The true story of the bastard son who made himself a king and the woman who melted his heart.The stirring history of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, who invaded England and became the King. His victory, concluded at the Battle of Hastings in...
The Convenient Marriage
Georgette Heyer
Horatia Winwood is simply helping her familyWhen the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself for her family's ha...
The Corinthian
Georgette Heyer
A daring escapePenelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, she's fleeing from London when she's discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, himself on the verge of the most momentous decision of his life....
Cotillion
Georgette Heyer
Almost an heiressCountry-bred, spirited Kitty Charings is on the brink of inheriting a fortune from her eccentric guardian - provided that she marries one of his grand–nephews. Kitty has spent her secluded life pining for the handsome, rakish Jack, w...
Cousin Kate
Georgette Heyer
A surprising invitationKate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood. But the household is strange and strained — Kate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Torquil lives...
Death in the Stocks
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hannasyde [1]: A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green.Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly...
Detection Unlimited
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hemingway [4]: Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his head.Everybody in the village is ready to tell Chief Inspector Hemingway who did it. Could the murderer have been the dead man's niece? Or...
Devil's Cub
Georgette Heyer
Alastair Trilogy [2]: Like father, like son…Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal and fiery son of the notorious Duke of Avon, has established a rakish reputation that rivals his father's, living a life of excess and indulgence. Banished to the Continen...
Duplicate Death
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hemingway [3]: An elegant card party turns deadly...Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge leads to a double murder. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the s...
Envious Casca
Georgette Heyer
Inspector Hemingway [2]: It is no ordinary Christmas at Lexham Manor. Six holiday guests find themselves the suspects of a murder enquiry when the old Scrooge, Nathaniel Herriad, who owns the substantial estate, is found stabbed in the back. whilst t...
False Colours
Georgette Heyer
A missing twinSomething is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher "Kit" Fancot can sense it. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother's debts have m...
Faro's Daughter
Georgette Heyer
Beautiful Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's elegant gaming house, must find a way to restore herself and her aunt to respectability, preferably without accepting either of two repugnant offers. One is from an older, very rich and rather corpul...
Footsteps in the Dark
Georgette Heyer
What begins as an adventure soon becomes a nightmare...Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their la...
The Foundling
Georgette Heyer
The Duke of Sale is out to prove himselfThe shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But...
Frederica
Georgette Heyer
One of readers favorites, Frederica is full of surprises When Frederica brings her younger siblings to London determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, she seeks out their distant cousin the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, co...
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