Cousin Kate

''The greatest writer who ever lived'' Antonia Fraser ''My generation''s Julia Quinn'' Adjoa Andoh ''Utterly delightful'' Guardian ''If you haven''t read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store'' Harriet Evans ______________ Tragically left an orphan after her father''s death, Kate Malvern is taken under the wing of her forbidding aunt Minerva and brought to the grand house of Staplewood, where Minerva rules the roost. Her uncle lives in one wing, while her handsome, moody cousin occupies another; guests are few and far between, and even family dinners are rigidly formal. But the sudden arrival of Cousin Philip throws Minerva''s control over the household into doubt, and soon Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva''s generosity. She has no-one to confide in but Cousin Philip who -