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Mischief

  • 1996 first published
  • 379 pages
  • ★ 2.7 (3 ratings)
  • 23 editions

Jayne Ann Krentz's Mischief (1996) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in England and Great Britain, in the Regency era. Key subjects include revenge, man-woman relationships and mistresses.

Open Library readers give it an average of 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 29 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 23 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 379 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Mischief

Imogen Waterstone has always prided herself on being a thoroughly independent young woman, but now she needs a man of implacable will and nerves of iron. That's why she invited Matthias Marshall, infamous Earl of Colchester, to her home in Upper Strickland. Who better than the legendary explorer to help her lay the perfect trap? Her scheme is simple, really: She plans to let it be known that when she inherited her uncle's collection of antiquities, she also inherited a map to a fabulous ancient treasure. She's sure that her enemy would risk financial ruin in pursuit of the mythical artifact. And to make doubly sure the scoundrel took the bait, she wants Colchester to pretend that he's out to seduce Imogene so that he, too, could get his hands on her map. Yet in all of her plotting, Imogene never anticipates Colchester's violent reaction to her request or her own electrifying reaction to him. Neither does she expect that a malevolent threat would emerge from the labyrinth of London--sinister enough to endanger her and Colchester's lives.From the Paperback edition.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Romance
  • Love stories
  • Revenge
  • Historical fiction
  • Romance fiction
  • Regency fiction
  • Historical Romance
  • Historical romance
  • England
  • Historical
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Mistresses
  • Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820 Fiction
  • Romantic suspense novels

Quick answers

Who wrote Mischief?

Mischief was written by Jayne Ann Krentz and first published in 1996.

What genre is Mischief?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Historical Fiction and Romantic Suspense.

How long is Mischief?

The median edition has 379 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Mischief?

Readers who like it often enjoy April Lady, The Black Moth and The Toll-Gate.

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