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Violence
Barely any
A spy thriller lite — some action and mild peril handled with Heyer's characteristic comedic lightness
Language
Barely any
Period-appropriate Regency language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No explicit sexual content
Substance Use
None
Social drinking in Regency settings
Emotional Intensity
None
Cheerful and low-stakes
What this book is about
Elinor Rochdale takes the wrong carriage and ends up at the wrong estate — where she is mistaken for the woman hired to marry the dying heir. She marries him. He dies. His house is then invaded by people searching for documents the late husband apparently stole. Georgette Heyer's Regency romantic mystery is light, witty, and cheerfully implausible.
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