Known as the Queen of Regency romance, Georgette Heyer also wrote a dozen acclaimed mysteries. In The Reluctant Widow, she intertwines a suspenseful plot with a sparkling romance.When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer's home, but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death. His cousin, the overbearing Mr. Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace so that he himself will not have to inherit the Cheviot estate. By morning, Elinor is a rich widow, and she finds herself embroiled not in just a simple business arrangement but an international spy ring and a mystery involving housebreakers, uninvited guests, and murder."Laced with ribands of mystery and intrigue...You must enter the spirit of the tale whole-heartedly to feel the proper pang for Elinor Rochdale."-The New York Times Book Review