Eraste is in love with Isabelle, but the only way her mother will let her marry him is if his uncle Geronte names him heir to his fortune, which the miserly old man is doubtful to do. It's up to the help of the two servants, Lisette and Crispin, to don disguises and scheme those around them to wed the young lovers, and even have a chance at love themselves. Loosely based on the eighteenth-century farce by Jean-Fran ois Regnard, Freyda Thomas gives even more life to this lesser-kn | Splitting Heirs by Freyda Thomas, Paperback | Indigo Chapters