A surpising invitation - Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood.  But the household is strange and strained - Kate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Toguil lives in another.

A dark family secret - As bizarre events unfold and Kate begins to question the reasons for her aunt's unexpected generosity, she has no one to confide in but her cousin Philip.  Sympathetic though he may appear, will he tell her what she most needs to know... before it's too late?

This is the last of the Georgette Heyer books that I'm reviewing for Sourcebooks and I'm glad I saved it for last.  It is by far the best one of them all.  Full of suspense, humor, romance and mystery, this is a book of all types.   More of a dark gothic novel with a little bit of roman thrown in for fun, this is definitely one that is right up my alley.  I've always loved books like Anne Rice's The Mayfair Witches novels and other gothic novels of the sort, so this one goes well with my sense of the macabre.

If you like slightly darker books, with more suspense and thrills than romance, then this book is definitely one I would recommend.  Although I've read that some people don't like it as much because of how dark it is and how light on romance and humor, I still think if you're a Georgette Heyer fan, you'll like Cousin Kate!