The Famous Heroine

• Author: Mary Balogh
• Publisher: Signet Regency Romance
• Year: February 1996 (ISBN 0-451-16773-3)
• Setting: Regency London
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Book Description

Cora Downes, a rich merchant's daughter, enters the ton after she becomes famous for saving a duke's nephew. She's too fun-loving for polite society, though Francis Kneller, a dandy who wears pink coats, is greatly amused by her. After Francis compromises Cora, they enter into a marriage of convenience.

Awards

• 1996 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Regency Romance
• 1996 RT Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee - Best Regency Romance

Related Titles

• Cora Downes saved the nephew of the Duke of Bridgwater, the hero of The Plumed Bonnet
• Her brother, Edgar Downes, is the hero of A Christmas Bride
• Lord Francis Kneller was an admirer of Samantha Newman, heroine of Lord Carew's Bride

Reviews

• Romantic Times