The Rules of Gentility

The Rules of Gentility

ヒストリカル・ロマンス＞リージェンシー

P&Pを捩った書き出しで始まるロマンティック・コメディ。著者自身がRegency-Chickと称するキュートで笑える作品。
ドラマに仕立てたら、とっても面白いラブコメになりそう。　コメディだけど、ちゃんとイギリスっぽさが漂っているところが良かったです。9/10

Miss Philomena Wellesley-Clegg distracts herself from her dwindling list of suitors (those still in the running include a wimpy poet and a dandy with a wandering eye) by shopping for bonnets and gossiping with her married best friend. But when her path crosses with Inigo Linsley, her best friend's rascally brother-in-law, Philly warms to him, even if his kisses make her feel very peculiar indeed. When Inigo proposes a sham engagement to ward off her doofy suitors, she agrees—but only until the end of the social season. In turn, Inigo trusts Philly with the secret of his out-of-wedlock son and the friendship of his former lover, an actress. But some ungentlemanly conduct in a carriage sends Philly on the hunt for a more proper man.

　こちらは英国系label、Little Black Dress版。小ぶりの本で、お値段も手頃。
　 Janet Mullanyの新作。7月に同じくLittle Black Dressから出版予定。