Will I love Cotillion?

Georgette Heyer was the first author to pay homage to Austen by writing comedic love stories set in the Georgian/Regency era. Since Heyer wrote them a century after Austen, she’s considered one of the earliest writers of historical romance.

In this book, a dashing gentleman doesn’t turn out to be all he was cracked up to be, and a naïve young woman learns what qualities are truly desirable in a husband. It’s an absolute blast and very sweet. 

I am a huge fan of Georgette Heyer’s Regency novels, and it is largely because she creates characters that I just cannot forget.

In Cotillion, Freddy Standon is the most unlikely of heroes, being rather quiet, and not all that bright, but he agrees to a fake engagement so that the impoverished heroine, Kitty, can enjoy a season in London. In Kitty’s words “he is the most chivalrous person imaginable.” 

His efforts to keep Kitty out of trouble culminate in him defeating the more typically heroic type, who also wants to marry Kitty (though not for chivalrous reasons) It… show more.