title: Nicola and the Viscount
author:  Meg Cabot 
description: Meg Cabot is the author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed, immensely popular <i>Princess Diaries</i> novels, as well as <i>All-American Girl, Haunted,</i> and two Regency novels,<i> Nicola and the Viscount</i> and <i>Victoria and the Rogue.</i> Meg was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and her childhood was spent in pursuit of air conditioning, of which there was little at the time in southern Indiana. A primary source proved to be the Monroe County Public Library, where Meg whiled away many hours, reading the complete works of Jane Austen, Judy Blume, and Barbara Cartland.
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  MEG CABOT
  
  
  _Nicola and the Viscount_
  
  
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  For Benjamin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [PART 1](part01.xhtml#pt1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE](chapter01.xhtml#ch1)  
  “Oh, Nicky.” The Honorable Miss Eleanor Sheridan…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER TWO](chapter02.xhtml#ch2)  
  Dear Nana…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER THREE](chapter03.xhtml#ch3)  
  “Beckwell Abbey isn’t for sale.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER FOUR](chapter04.xhtml#ch4)  
  “Papa,” Lady Honoria Bartholomew cried, bouncing…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIVE](chapter05.xhtml#ch5)  
  The Lady Honoria Bartholomew had not, it was…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER SIX](chapter06.xhtml#ch6)  
  Openmouthed with astonishment, Nicola could…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER SEVEN](chapter07.xhtml#ch7)  
  And as simply as that, Miss Nicola Sparks became…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER EIGHT](chapter08.xhtml#ch8)  
  “He’s the kind of person who wants to marry me,”…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER NINE](chapter09.xhtml#ch9)  
  “Who is Edward Pease?” Nicola asked the next…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER TE