To Catch An Heiress by Julia Quinn Review
Avon, July 1998.Paperback, 377 pages.
ISBN: 0380789353.
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Caroline Trent will come into her own money on her
upcoming birthday in just 6 weeks, but not if her
odious guardian has anything to say about it. He is
hell-bent on marrying Caroline off to his own
half-wit son in order to get control of her fortune.
But Caroline is just as determined not to marry the
detestable Percival Prewitt, and so runs away.
Agent of the British crown Blake Ravenscroft
has waited a long time to get his hands on the notorious
spy, Carlotta de Leon, and so is overjoyed to capture
her on a dark road just where British intelligence had predicted
she would be. There's only one problem -- he's captured
Caroline, not Carlotta. Caroline keeps mum about her
identity in order to escape her guardian, but of course Blake soon
learns the truth. By that time, sparks are flying between
the two and they must team up to find out who
Carlotta's local contact is and to put a stop to the
espionage ring.
Caroline Trent is a feisty, intelligent and amusing heroine who has a habit of recording new vocabulary words in her journal to reflect the day's events, as well as the appropriate use of the word in a sentence -- which are usually quite funny. The repartee is quick and snappy and the lead characters appealing. Another wonderfully entertaining journey with the gifted Julia Quinn.
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