The Nonpareil

by Dawn Lindsey

Book Overview

Clearly, fortune was not smiling on Phila Ainsley. First, her parents died without leaving her a cent. Then, she was forced to live with a family whose daughters were much more beautiful and fashionable than she. But even worse, when she went to beg the elegant Mr. Ellis to forgive her brother's debt, she ended up losing her heart.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451141172
• ISBN13: 9780451141170
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Shades of Heyer...

What an enjoyable read! I enjoyed this story's characters immensely. The heroine, Phila(delphia), is an adorable madcap who really, truly would be well-behaved, if only her scapegrace brother didn't keep dragging her into mishap! The hero, Mr. James, is bored, bored, bored with his well-ordered, politely hedonistic life...that is, until Phila arrives on his doorstep to plead for mercy towards her brother, who owes two hundred pounds to Mr. James. Then our hero's life takes a turn for the more interesting. The romance is believable, the dialogue witty and reminiscent of Georgette Heyer, and the dash of intrigue adds spice to a very sweet love story.