Do reformed rakes really make the best husbands? Of all of Heyer's Regencies, Venetia is the one which, in my view, all but begs for an epilogue, and so, for my own entertainment and, hopefully, yours, I have supplied one. It is the year 1838. Damerel and Venetia have been married twenty years. Has their love prospered, or has the Baron resumed his wicked ways? Read on to find out.