Devil's Cub is one of Georgette Heyer's most famous and memorable
novels, featuring a dashing and wild young nobleman and the gently bred
young lady in whom he finally meets his match....
Like father, like son...
Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal and fiery son of the notorious Duke
of Avon, has established a rakish reputation that rivals his father's,
living a life of excess and indulgence. Banished to the Continent after
wounding his opponent in a duel, Vidal schemes to abduct the silly
aristocrat bent on seducing him into marriage and make her his mistress
instead. In his rush, however, he seems to have taken the wrong
woman....
A young lady of remarkable fortitude...
Determined to save her sister from ruin, virtuous Mary Challoner
intercepts the Marquis's advances and throws herself into his path,
hoping Vidal will release her upon realizing his error. But as the two
become irrevocably entangled, Mary's reputation and future lie in the
hands of a devilish rake, who finds her more fascinating every day....