A Wicked Wench, by Anne Herries

I can't believe I picked a book out with this title from the library. This is a bit of a raunchy tale about a revolutionary era younger daughter coming of age in England after her mother dies and her father becomes burdened by excessive debt. Her older sister is the dutiful, plain daughter who marries money to pay her father's debts; however, she turns out to be vengeful, mean and unmerciful to the younger, impulsive sister. The younger sister runs off with a cad, ends up penniless in a brothel and is rescued by a man she hates, but ends up falling in love with. I didn't like this story because the person who does the prudent thing is painted as evil; but the morally errant does suffer the consequences of her behavior, but she doesn't seem to learn from them until the very very end, if then. There is a happy ending for the heroine, but it's not very satisfying because you don't like the heroine. Not a good choice from the library. :(

Finished November 2008