by Georgette Heyer
316 pages
Published
October 1st 2008
by Sourcebooks Casablanca
(first published 1946)
ISBN: 1402213514
(ISBN13: 9781402213519)
Edition Language; English
SYNOPSIS: When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer's home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death. His cousin, Mr Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace as a simple business arrangement. By morning, Elinor is a rich widow, but finds herself embroiled with an international spy ring, housebreakers, uninvited guests, and murder. And Mr Carlyon won't let her leave ...
Recollect that I have been a governess, and governesses, you know, have no romantic notions and seldom indulge themselves with swooning or the vapors!”
Elinor Roshdale es una de esas damas venidas a menos por un escándalo de su padre y su muerte que le ha dejado sin blanca, sin prospectos de matrimonio (el prometido la dejo botada), y tiene que hallar trabajo de governanta. Tras acudir a un puesto de trabajo y un empleado indicarle un carruaje y que la esperan, ella sube y se encuentra en el sitio equivocado, con el empleador equivocado, que termina haciéndole una propuesta
Espera ¿qué?