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The Fortune Hunter

  • 1983 first published
  • 223 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
  • 2 editions

Elizabeth Hewitt's The Fortune Hunter (1983) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in London, England, in the Regency era. It features Tessa Bellamy and Lord Jonathan Hartfield.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 31 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 223 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Fortune Hunter

Sense and Sensuality Tessa Bellamy was known in Regency London as quite the most level-headed young lady ever to remain indifferent to society's frivolities and aloof from its follies Lord, Jonathan Hartfield was known just as widely as the most unscrupulous fortune hunter ever to take a beautiful heiress as his wife--and now he was accused of having murdered her for her money and his freedom. Certainly Tessa had the sense to resist the appeal in his dark eyes, the strength in his commanding embrace. But for once in her life Tessa did not want to be sensible--she wanted to be in love....
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Tessa Bellamy
  • Lord Jonathan Hartfield

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Fortune Hunter?

The Fortune Hunter was written by Elizabeth Hewitt and first published in 1983.

What genre is The Fortune Hunter?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is The Fortune Hunter?

The median edition has 223 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Fortune Hunter?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Golden Songbird, The Corinthian and Faro's Daughter.

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