Venetia by Georgette Heyer

I haven't read this in years, but when I was reading and rereading Georgette Heyer, this was one of my favorites.

Every quiet rural corner of England must have its villain - and the Lanyon's neighborhood is no exception. When the Wicked Baron, Lord Damerel, abandons the city to take up residence in his ancestral home the fireworks begin. To the horror of the ladies of the neighborhood, both Venetia and her brother become acquainted with him. Equally horrified are Venetia's two suitors - one extremely dull and punctilious, the other very young and aspiring to the Byronic model.

The complication phase arises when Venetia and her younger brother are ousted from their home by the advent of their older brother's bride and her extremely vulgar mother.

Heyer is fundamentally pretty predictable, but her characters and situations are always fun.