The Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery!Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in the fields around her home. But now Vicky must marryor find herself and her family destitute. Armed only with the wisdom she has gained from her beloved novels by Jane Austen, she enters societys treacherous season.Sadly, Miss Austen has little to say about Vickys exact circumstances: whether the roguish Mr. Carmichael is indeed a scoundrel, if her former best friend, Tom Sherborne, is out for her dowry or for her heart, or even how to fend off the attentions of the foppish Mr. Silby, he of the unfortunate fashion sensibility. Most unfortunately of all, Vickys books are silent on the topic of the mysterious accidents cropping up around herones that could prevent her from surviving until her wedding day.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 464 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Jennieke Cohen can be found, when not writing or reading, watching classic movies, drinking tea, singing opera and musical theater, and planning her next trip to England. She lives in California.