The Calico Countess
Barbara Hazard's The Calico Countess (1984) is a historical romance and Regency romance book. It takes readers to London in the Regency era. It features Lorna Jarrett and Lord Peter Truesdale. Readers will find themes of frost fair, marriage of convenience and london season.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 19 more have it on their want-to-read list.
About The Calico Countess
Headstrong Lorna Jarrett manages to forestall Lord Peter Truesdale’s lackluster proposal to her young cousin Melanie, but is then a few months later forced by circumstance to marry him herself. Unfortunately she and her new groom had already spent so much time sparring with each other that neither seemed to notice that they were actually falling in love. Lord Peter’s meddling great-aunt meanwhile continues to try and get the two to recognize what they mean to each other.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Calico Countess?
The Calico Countess was written by Barbara Hazard and first published in 1984.
What genre is The Calico Countess?
It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.
What books are similar to The Calico Countess?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Devil Who Tamed Her, When the Duke Returns and The Five-Minute Marriage.
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