Minx

by Julia Quinn Book 3 in the Splendid Trilogy series.

First published 1996

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Henrietta Barrett has effectively managed the Cornwall estate of Stannage Park and expects to continue doing so. The death of its owner instead transfers the property to William Dunford, a London gentleman who arrives assuming that the unconventional young woman can be removed from responsibility.

Their contest over the estate becomes a romance shaped by competence, guardianship and rural expectations. Henrietta’s knowledge of the land challenges Dunford’s legal authority, while he must recognise that inheritance alone does not make him the person best qualified to determine her future.