<b>If you love <i>Bridgerton</i>, you'll love Georgette Heyer!</b><br> <b><br></b><b>'The greatest writer who ever lived'</b> ANTONIA FRASER<br> <b>'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to</b> <i><b>Bridgerton</b></i> <b>viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal ... ties the whole thing together'</b> <i>INDEPENDENT</i><br> <b>' My generation's Julia Quinn'</b> ADJOA ANDOH, star of <i>Bridgerton</i><br> <b>__________________</b><br> <b><br></b><b>Leonie Bonnard is being drawn into a twenty-year-old feud.</b><br> <b><br></b>Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, is a reprehensible rake with an axe to grind. Decades ago the Comte de Saint-Vire did something unforgivable and ever since Justin has been lying in wait to settle the score.<br> <br> When Justin meets Leon, a street urchin with a striking resemblance to his nemesis, he aims to use him as a pawn in his plans for revenge on the Comte. Except Leon is in fact Leonie, a beautiful young ingenue who may just steal Justin's heart.<br> <br> Can Leonie win the Duke's affection, or will his need for revenge overcome them both?<br> <b>__________________</b><br> <b><br></b><b>'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's'</b> JOANNE HARRIS<b><br></b><b>'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic'</b> KATIE FFORDE<b><br> 'Utterly delightful'</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br> '<b>Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism'</b> SOPHIE KINSELLA<br> <b>'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order'</b> <i>DAILY MAIL</i><br> <b>'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!'</b> HARRIET EVANS<br> <b>'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.'</b> <i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i><br> <b>__________________</b><br> <b><br></b><b>Readers <i>love These Old Shades ...</i></b><br> <b><i><br></i></b>***** 'I'm not sure that I can entirely express how much I truly love this book and how absolutely amazing it is.'<br> ***** 'Loved the sharp wit, the intrigue, the characterisation...'<br> ***** 'Oh how I adored this book! Such fantastic characters. I am absolutely in love with Le Duc!'<br> ***** 'I can see why Heyer is touted as the best of the best when it comes to historical romance. This book was thoroughly enjoyable.'<br> ***** 'Heyer writes vivid, opinionated characters and she captures the Georgian period beautifully.'