Celia

A classic Regency romance in the spirit of GeorgetteHeyer.

First published as Bless Thine Inheritance.Celia Mardham’s first London Season should have been a great success, but anear fatal riding accident has left her with a pronounced limp which means shecannot even curtsy, let alone dance.Condemned it seems to spinsterhood, her mother Lady Mardham makes onelast effort. She draws up a list of guests for a country house party, picking onlyyoung ladies who will not be rivals, as well as some potential suitors.
Among the gentlemen is Lord Levedale and when he meets Celia he sees her,not the limp. However, a number of accidents, misunderstandings and spitefulinterventions litter the path ahead, and may succeed in driving them apart forgood.