The Reluctant Widow

The Reluctant Widow
First edition cover
AuthorGeorgette Heyer
LanguageEnglish
GenreRegency, Romance
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages306 pp

The Reluctant Widow is a 1946 Regency romance by Georgette Heyer, published by Heinemann in the UK, and by Putnam the following year in the US. A humorous parody of a Gothic novel, it is set in early 1813. It was published with the description "By midnight she is a bride, by dawn a widow", and with gouache artwork by Philip Gough.