Impetuous Innocent

by Stephanie Laurens

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

Mira (2003), Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages

Description

Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML: After the death of her dear father, Georgiana Hartley returns home to England--only to be confronted by the boorish advances of her wretched cousin. Knowing no one, she flees to Dominic Ridgely's estate, hoping the nobleman will bestow a neighborly kindness upon her. The haughty viscount hears Georgiana's plea to find her a position as a lady's companion with thinly veiled disgust. A lovely innocent such as Miss Hartley subjected to that base existence? The very idea was preposterous. Instead, he takes matters into his own hands and introduces her to his sister's influence. Suddenly, Georgiana is transformed into a lady who charms the ton with ease and draws a bevy of suitors at every turn. Everything is unfolding according to Dominic's plan...until he realizes that he desires Georgiana for his own.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jmaloney17
This "cheesy romance novel," as I call them, reminded me a bit of a Georgette Heyer book I read earlier this year called Friday's Child. Laurens is a writer I read often and this is the first of hers that has reminded me of Heyer. There is no sex in this book. That might have been part of it. The
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woman in the book is 18 and innocent of course. She grew up in Italy with her father, who just died. The man that falls for her is a Viscount, who she asked for assistance from when she ran into some trouble. She tends to get into scrapes and does not realize it.
The difference between the Laurens book and the Heyer book is character development. Heyers characters are so much fuller than Laurens. It was still enjoyable as far as I was concerned. It was a pleasant quick read.
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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Miss Georgiana Hartley is just back from Italy, having lived there for many years with her father who is now deceased. Her cousin is determined to compromise her so she flees to a nearby estate, that of Lord Alton, not knowing that he is a bachelor. She has a plan to become a lady’s companion or
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maybe a governess, he’s determined that she will find a life, however when he sees her with his sister he discovers that he is actually falling for her.

It’s an interesting story and I liked how she often was quite stubborn and determined for herself. Refusing to bow to demands from other people she’s a great character, without being out of step with women of her time. The two of them were great fun to read about and the convoluted ways they had to resolve the story I found entertaining.
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Language

Original publication date

1994-02

Physical description

336 p.; 6.5 inches

ISBN

1551666618 / 9781551666617
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