Angel in a Red Dress was previously published in 1988 under the title 'Starlit Surrender' with the author, Judith Ivory, writing as Judy Cuevas. The new title doesn't appear to be easily related to the story. The heroine, Christina, is the angel, but nowhere in the story is she described wearing red. There is a quote given at the start of Part One of the book - 'Except for the corn poppy, the pimpernel is the only scarlet flower in all of England'. So perhaps the red part comes in when the hero, Adrien, conjures her up in his favourite opium- induced fantasy, when he takes the opium (which is derived from the bright red poppy plant) for pain relief. She's also an angel in her battle to save him when everyone else thinks he's dead.
Christina Bower is the beautiful only child of a respected barrister on the King's Bench. During her very first season in London, she has a very brief meeting with the notorious libertine Adrien Hunt, seventh Earl of Kewischester. She finds him totally intriguing but even her title-eager father considers Adrien an unsuitable match for his daughter. Her father encourages a union between Christina and Richard Pinn, eldest son of a baron, only to have Pinn divorce her three years later for apparently being sterile.
Christina Bower is the beautiful only child of a respected barrister on the King's Bench. During her very first season in London, she has a very brief meeting with the notorious libertine Adrien Hunt, seventh Earl of Kewischester. She finds him totally intriguing but even her title-eager father considers Adrien an unsuitable match for his daughter. Her father encourages a union between Christina and Richard Pinn, eldest son of a baron, only to have Pinn divorce her three years later for apparently being sterile.
