Bridgerton meets Gossip Girl with a dash of Jane Austen in Reputation a Regency-era historical romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist twist from a hilarious new British voice Lex Croucher. Abandoned by her parents middle-class Georgiana Ellers is spending the summer with her stodgy aunt and uncle at their home in the English countryside. At a particularly dull party she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell a wealthy member of the in-crowd who delights Georgiana with her disregard for so-called polite society. Lonely and vulnerable Georgiana quickly falls in with Frances and her wealthy wild and deeply improper friends who introduce her to the upper echelons of Regency aristocracy and a world of drunken debauchery frivolous spending and mysterious young men. One in particular stands out from the rest: Thomas Hawksley who has a tendency to cross paths with Georgiana in her most embarrassing moments. Sparks fly but Thomas seems unimpressed with the company she is keeping. And soon Georgiana begins to wonder whether she ll ever feel like she fits in--or if the price of entry into Frances s gilded world will ultimately be higher than she is willing to pay. Set against a backdrop of lavish parties handsome men on horseback--and in a time when one s reputation was everything --this edgy hilarious romantic comedy explores sex consent belonging and status through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine that Austen herself would have cheered for.