Unusual Heyer and very funny - Rated 
The heroine Deb Grantham makes this an unusual story as she's working in her aunt's gaming house, though to be fair she's as upper-class as all Heyer's heroines. The hero Max Ravenscar is untitled and while very rich is uninterested in women and prefers horse-racing and gambling. All the same, he is completely offended when his cousin Lord Mablethorpe intends to marry Deb as soon as he is of age and takes it upon himself to buy her off...
For once the tension between hero and heroine has a genuine cause and Max is very ungentlemanly with Deb at the beginning which leads her to plot his downfall which she does with a charming combination of ruthlessness and care. The central scene in the cellar is wonderful (I don't want to give anything away) and very funny, and workings out of the tangled plot both playful and amusing. Deb's aunt adds some light relief and the interventions of an Irish gambler friend and a pugilist add to the slightly unorthodox setting. However the ending is as charmingly predictable as ever. I tend to prefer the masterful to the timid heroes in Heyer's books and so this is one of my favourites.
very good Heyer with a unique setting and heroine - Rated
I really enjoyed this book. The only downside to it is the slightly odd note the heroine strikes-- she is honorable and intelligent, yet does something very silly. That bit of the book seemed like it was lifted from a story about a different heroine.
Overall, a fun romp with a heroine who has a sense of honor, and a hero who makes a great mistake in his evaluation of her. Interesting because the setting and situations are very different than other Heyer books. A satisfying ending.
Not a Favourite, but still wonderful - Rated
Here, Heyer takes on the notions of what it is to be 'respectable' in terms of the Regency Period. The heroine helps run a gaming den, hence the title, Faro's Daughter (Faro is a kind of card game). She becomes emotionally entangled with a young aristocrat who has formed an attachment to her and wishes to marry her. Naturally his family don't approve. It is all very well for a young man to waste his money on cards and loose women, but it is not very well for him to then marry into such a world.
The hero, Max, is sent to rescue his addle pated relation from such a terrible fate, and naturally becomes entangled with the young femme fatale herself, with all kinds of disastrous consequences, which naturally in Heyer's world, all work themselves out neatly before the end of the book!
What I found difficult about this book was the fact that I couldn't really warm to the heroine, Deborah, too easily. It seemed she was more a vehicle than a character in her own right. She never really fleshed out well, as so many of Heyer's other characters do.
Despite this it was still a delightful read and one of the most productive ways I've found to spend a wet Saturday afternoon. You won't be disappointed.
another great novel - Rated
very formulaic ie girl meets boy, boy and girl fall in love but dont realise it, something scandalous happens and boy and girl realise they are in love and live happily ever after. but it still works because you knw that at the end the two main characters will still end up together. did get a bit disinterested with some of the minor plotlines but they didnt take away from the overall enjoyment of the main story. wanted to shake deb for being so stubborn and not being able to see what was there for all to see. arabella and kit would have made a nice little couple to end the book with, but thats my opinion, somebody may disagree?
Not as good as her other books - Rated
After reading Georgette Heyer's 'These Old Shades' and 'Powder and Patch' I found this book not as interesting, it didnt appeal to me. It didnt have the excitment of These Old shades or Rejency Buck or Bath Tangle.
I would say its not one of her best books she's written.
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