Love Insurance

By Earl Derr Biggers

Take a risk on love in this zany romantic comedy that will charm you from the very first page! Working for an American branch of Lloyds' insurers, Owen Jephson is used to underwriting unusual things - weight loss in actors, inconvenient rain at garden parties, twins in the family - nonetheless he is taken aback when Lord Harrowby asks him to insure against his fiancée jilting him at the altar. Never one to turn down an interesting offer, Jephson agrees but swiftly dispatches Dick Minot to Florida to make sure that Lloyds' assets are protected and that Cynthia Meyrick makes it down the aisle. Unfortunately Minot promptly falls in love with Cynthia after accidentally meeting her on a train, and has to decide where his loyalties lie - should he sabotage or support the wedding, especially as it comes to light Lord Harrowby may not be all that he seems…? From then on, things go rapidly downhill as expensive necklaces go missing, long-lost brothers rear their heads and it is touch and go whether Lord Harrowby and Cynthia will eventually be joined in marriage or not… P.G. Wodehouse meets Oscar Wilde meets The Great Gatsby in this charming novel, too long forgotten and long overdue a revival.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd.
• Release date: Jul 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781780943534

Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright. Born in Ohio, Biggers went on to graduate from Harvard University, where he was a member of The Harvard Lampoon, a humor publication for undergraduates. Following a brief career as a journalist, most significantly for Cleveland-based newspaper The Plain Dealer, Biggers turned to fiction, writing novels and plays for a popular audience. Many of his works have been adapted into film and theater productions, including the novel Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913), which was made into a Broadway stage play the same year it was published. Towards the end of his career, he produced a highly popular series of novels centered on Honolulu police detective Charlie Chan. Beginning with The House Without a Key (1925), Biggers intended his character as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes prominent in the early twentieth century. His series of Charlie Chan novels inspired dozens of films in the United States and China, and has been recognized as an imperfect attempt to use popular media to depict Chinese Americans in a positive light.

Reviews for Love Insurance

[mysterymax_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Excellent story by Biggers. Lots of twists and turns. Love with all its problems. Young man wants to marry a wealthy young girl and all he has to offer is a British title. A con man enters the story and tries to make money by offering false claimant to the title. True loves wins in the end, but not the way you expect. Biggers is a great writer.