To Catch an Heiress

by Julia Quinn Book 1 in the Agents of the Crown series.

First published 1998

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Caroline Trent is days away from controlling her inheritance when she flees a guardian who intends to force her into marriage. British agent Blake Ravenscroft captures her after mistaking her for the suspected spy Carlotta De Leon, and Caroline initially finds the misunderstanding useful enough not to correct.

Her improvised deception entangles her in an intelligence investigation and an increasingly personal conflict with Blake. The romance combines Regency espionage with the legal vulnerability of an heiress whose fortune remains under other people’s control.