Black Sheep (novel)

Black Sheep (novel)

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name = Black Sheep
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author = Georgette Heyer
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Regency, Romance
publisher = Sourcebooks, Inc.
release_date = 1966, 2008
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 336 pp
isbn = 978-1-4022-1078-5
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followed_by =

"Black Sheep" is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer which was first published in 1966.

Plot summary

The novel is set in Bath and centres around two main characters: Miss Abigail Wendover and Mr Miles Caverleigh. When attempting to enlist Miles' help in preventing a clandestine marriage between his nephew, Stacy, and her niece, Fanny, Abigail finds herself attracted to the black sheep of the Caverleigh family. After rejecting Miles' first proposal, following a series of Heyer-esque twists and turns, Abigail is finally swept off her feet when Miles abducts her and the novel ends with the two on their way to get married.


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