Black Sheep (novel)

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Black Sheep
Author Georgette Heyer
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Regency, Romance
Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc.
Publication date 1966, 2008
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 336 pp
ISBN 978-1-4022-1078-5

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

[edit] 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.