Caroline, needing to hide somewhere for six more weeks, sees no need to tell him the truth. Blake mistakes Caroline for the mysterious Carlotta, a diabolical foreign spy. She then makes her escape in the dark of the night, straight into the arms of Blake, a man working for British Intelligence.īlake has been watching the Prewitt household for several days, knowing that Oliver is involved in a smuggling operation that includes selling government secrets. Caroline, a self-sufficient, confident lady (my favorite kind) puts a bullet into him in self-defense. This particular guardian, Oliver Prewitt, is determined to get his greedy claws into her fortune, no matter what the means, and forces his weak-willed son Percy to attempt to rape her so that she will be forced to finally say yes to his numerous half-hearted proposals. To Catch an Heiress definitely fits that description, with a touch more angst, making for a more involved read.Ĭaroline is almost twenty-one – the age that she gains control of her inheritance and is finally free from the last of a long list of guardians.
Julia Quinn is an author known for her lighthearted, humorous romances.
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