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The Wicked Guardian

  • 1978 first published
  • 236 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (10 ratings)

The Wicked Guardian is a 1978 historical romance and Regency romance novel by Jacquelyn Aeby. It is set in the Regency era. It features Clare Penryck and Sir Benedict Choate.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 26 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 236 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Wicked Guardian

**A Not So Proper Young Lady.** "I wish I were dead!" was Clare Penryck's impassioned reaction upon hearing that Sir Benedict Choate was to be her guardian. She had know this elegant aristocrat for but one London season -- but that time had sufficed to show her how insufferably arrogant he could be. Benedict made it clear that he expected Clare to be a very proper young lady, to remain safe on her secluded country estate, to wait for a decent match -- in short to be all and do all that Clare found intolerably boring and detestable. Both Benedict and the law said she must obey him. But the exasperatingly headstrong Clare had no intention of accepting any such odious arrangement. First her outrageously independent mind, and then her scandalously impetuous heart, told her it was time to rebel. Sir Benedict Choate was clearly unprepared for the lesson in love he was about to be given -- by a maddeningly willful young girl who had so much to learn herself!
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

Characters

  • Clare Penryck
  • Sir Benedict Choate

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Wicked Guardian?

The Wicked Guardian was written by Jacquelyn Aeby and first published in 1978.

What genre is The Wicked Guardian?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is The Wicked Guardian?

The median edition has 236 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Wicked Guardian?

Readers who like it often enjoy Lady of Quality, Frederica and Cousin Kate.

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