A Little Folly

About this book

A witty and romantic novel of Regency love family and appalling scandal from a latter-day Jane Austen When their strait-laced domineering father Sir Clement Carnell dies Valentine throws open their Devonshire estate of Pennacombe to their fashionable cousins from London and Louisa feels free at last to reject the man Sir Clement wanted her to marry. Soon the temptations of Regency London beckon including the beautiful scandalous and very married Lady Harriet Eversholt with whom Valentine becomes dangerously involved. Meanwhile Louisa finds that freedom of choice is as daunting as it is exciting. Will the opportunity to indulge in a little folly lead to fulfillmentor disaster? A Little Folly is a novel to make Jane Austen proud and Georgette Heyer envious. An acclaimed author of historical fiction Jude Morgan weaves together the very best of Regency era writing with "refreshingly original characters an intriguing plot and an elegantly ironic style." (RT Book Reviews on Indiscretion). In this exciting new novel Morgan delivers a story that yet again will bring cheers from critics and readers alike.