I love Heyer's books and am always happy to read more of them. I downloaded several to the Kindles in case we had some down time to read while on our trip and I was able to read this one. Sir Richard Wyndham is about to enter into a terrible marriage of convenience when he accidentally stumbles across a girl, Penelope Creed, running away from her home by climbing out the window, and he decides to help her run away by going with her. While they run away, they end up getting entangled in all sorts of problems like being slipped some stolen jewels and being the witnesses to a murder, and while all these things are happening, Wyndham falls in love with Penelope and she with him. The end.
This book seemed highly unlikely to me--I was pretty unable to stretch my imagination far enough to believe that all of the random occurrences in this book could actually happen. But it was still a fun, quick read. It seemed a whole heck of a lot like
Frederica, where a hardened, not-interested rich man is incapable of admiring the quirky qualities of the girl and eventually falls in love with her against his will. Except that
Frederica is a whole lot better and more believable. Not Heyer's best, but it was still a fun, quick read.
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