Cousin Kate (Thorndike Press Large Print Clean Reads) - Hardcover

Heyer, Georgette

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7,408 ratings by Goodreads

9781410430380: Cousin Kate (Thorndike Press Large Print Clean Reads)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410430383 ISBN 13: 9781410430380

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2010

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In Regency England, penniless Kate Malvern is swept to her aunt's Elizabethan manor and showered with comforts. But despite the luxury of her new life, the atmosphere in the household is less than homely, and gradually it dawns on Kate that there are sinister reasons for her aunt's benevolence.

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Review:

[T]the dialogue among the characters is completely delightful... Georgette Heyer builds a wonderful and complete world for her reader to sink into like a bubble bath or a welcoming chair to relax you at the end of a busy day, but more fun. Much more fun. -- Lady Anne "Jane Austen's World" (05/12/2009)

Exciting and interesting from harrowing start to dramatic finish, Georgette Heyer's "Cousin Kate" was a delightfully dark and sinfully satisfying read. -- Rhianna Walker "Rhi Reading" (05/26/2009)

Filled with strange illnesses, intrigue, and a few murders thrown in along the way, this book is sure to please. -- Shawn Remfry "Maymay's Memos" (05/27/2009)

"Cousin Kate" was simply another great performance by this wonderful writer and it only makes me elated to know that there are plenty more of her books to read. -- Lilianna Swistek "Reading Extravaganza" (05/29/2009)

As Gothic novels go "Cousin Kate" has all the right elements. A menacing country house set on sweeping grounds, strange knocks in the night, locked doors, family secrets, and whispers of madness. -- Danielle Torress "A Work in Progress" (06/26/2009)

Very good; excellent characterization and a decent plot. As usual, Heyer is faultlessly entertaining -- Nancy Horner "Bookfoolery and Babble" (07/07/2009)

Full of suspense, humor, romance and myster... a dark gothic novel with a little bit of roman thrown in for fun. -- Christine Plaisted "Cousin Kate" (08/24/2009)

"Exciting and interesting from harrowing start to dramatic finish, Georgette Heyer's "Cousin Kate" was a delightfully dark and sinfully satisfying read. " - Rhi Reading

""Cousin Kate" was simply another great performance by this wonderful writer and it only makes me elated to know that there are plenty more of her books to read." - Reading Extravaganza

" Filled with strange illnesses, intrigue, and a few murders thrown in along the way, this book is sure to please." - Maymay's Memos

"As Gothic novels go "Cousin Kate" has all the right elements. A menacing country house set on sweeping grounds, strange knocks in the night, locked doors, family secrets, and whispers of madness. " - A Work in Progress

"Very good; excellent characterization and a decent plot. As usual, Heyer is faultlessly entertaining" - Bookfoolery and Babble

"Full of suspense, humor, romance and myster... a dark gothic novel with a little bit of roman thrown in for fun. " - Cousin Kate

"[T]the dialogue among the characters is completely delightful... Georgette Heyer builds a wonderful and complete world for her reader to sink into like a bubble bath or a welcoming chair to relax you at the end of a busy day, but more fun. Much more fun." - Jane Austen's World"

Book Description:

A dashing novel of intrigue and Regency romance by one of our best-known and most beloved historical novelists.

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