Reputation

Bookish, sheltered Georgiana Ellers is spending the summer with her aunt and uncle at their English countryside home. At a particularly dull party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a member of the upper echelons of Regency society who delights Georgiana with her disregard for politeness.

Georgiana quickly falls in with Frances and her friends, who introduce her to a wold of drunken debauchery and lavish parties. When she meets the seemingly quiet and straitlaced Thomas Hawksley, sparks fly, but Thomas seems unimpressed with the company she keeps. Soon, Georgiana begins to wonder if the price to enter this world will be higher than she can afford to pay. . .

Set in a time when one's reputation was everything, this hilarious debut explores sex, belonging, and status through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine whom Jane Austen herself would have cheered for.