DEIDRE AND DESIRE

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Summary: True to Form Chesney
Review: This was the first of Chesney's Six Sisters series books I read, although I recommend starting at the beginning with Minerva. Dierdre is beautiful, despite having what Regency fashionables would call unfortunate red hair, and has been coddled by her oldest sister Minerva into believing that she is the smart one of the family. Lo and behold, her meddling fox-hunting father arranges a match with the seemingly vacuous Lord Harry, whose fortune would solve the Armitage family's sudden financial woes. Lord Harry, however, is far more than he seems as he woos Dierdre and handily rescues her from the hands of Guy Wentwater (seen in the previous two books in the series).
Chesney weaves her usual tapestry of comic characters, sweet romance and Regency lore into a fine read that never takes itself too seriously. Great fun to follow the ups and downs of the Armitage girls as they chart the sometimes choppy waters of London society.