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Penelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, she's fleeing from London when she's discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, himself on the verge of the most momentous decision of his life. And a heroic rescue When Sir Richard encounters the lovely young fugitive, he knows he can't allow her to travel to the countryside all alone, so he offers himself as her protector. As it happens, at that very moment Sir Richard could use an escape of his own...
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Pen is far too annoying a heroine to get the third star that this goofy regency romp would otherwise earn from me. The maturity difference between the childish Pen and the dandy-but-not-TOO-dandy (come on, Heyer) Wyndham is too stark to be appealing or romantic - it just feels icky. And, petty complaint though this may be, it bothered me that we’re supposed to read Cedric’s dismissal toward [SPOILER] as callous and therefore indicative of his bad character, while the same complete lack of reaction to the same event is somehow intended to be...what, charmingly naive? A sign that she’s not sentimental (in contrast to the poor, misused Lydia)? Not Like Other Girls? in Pen. Oh, Pen, you idiotic brat. If you’re not old enough to realize that your situation is obviously compromising, you’re not old enough to marry your Corinthian.
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