The devil Bengel is tamed

He has it in the blood, the irrepressible young Marquis Vidal, because his father is none other than the Duke of Avon, which probably from "The Page and the Duchess" is already well known to the readers. Even the Lord's father had in his wild youth get the dubious nickname "Satan", and not surprisingly there that the only slightly warped offspring of Leonie and Justin in good society decried as "devil boy" is? As Vidal again in cold blood one of his noble companions shoots in a duel down, there is the stoic Duke too much, and he banished the boy immediately to the French overseas. The frivolous beauty Sophia can be of Vidal to flee together to Paris to talk to him. But this shameless project raises the resolute big sister Mary decided against by the same cometh the agreed rendezvous, of course, to destroy thoroughly with the honorable intention of the Marquis his plan.
However Marys Fluchtvereitlung runs not as she imagined, and before they know it, Vidal has embarked with her to France and they thoroughly ruined it. Only with a well-aimed shot Mary to protect yourself against further advances of Hotspur and simultaneously sobered the young man but sustainable. It is finally to be immoral projects and now wants to do everything to Mary's reputation wash clean again - which means just a quick marriage in this case.
The heartthrob has not reckoned with the fact that Mary does not feel the slightest inclination to be married by him. In fact, the young Alastair Dominique Marquis Vidal will take some lessons from Mary learn before he finally may cool in the quiet port of virtuous marriage be devilish temperament.

Sweetest Heyer upon earth:
If I had a list of my top 5 favorite Heyer novels make (which is not so easy, as the grande dame Heyer has almost written only excellent stories), then Devil's Cub would definitely be with us.
In usual exquisite writing style, bursting with irony and witty twists, with lovingly cynical outlined characters, Georgette Heyer tells a heartwarming not too sprawling story about two young people who have sought and found and come together after a confused coming and going finally. And despite their bizarre relationship, despite contrary efforts of the estimated Duchess, despite the unbearable ordinary mother-to-be, and even in spite of the stern Duke highest self.

What these high-profile Heyer Ling apart for me of all the other golden Heyer novels, is the mega-upper-super-sweet, heartwarming love story and absolutely touching happy ending. A so-nice cheesy and touching happy ending I have long read any more.
Five 24karätige Heyer-stars from me!

German edition of the novel was published under the title "escapades".
There is also a third novel about the family of Avon. His name is "Barbara and the Battle of Waterloo" and deals with the granddaughter of vicious villain.