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The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind.
St. Martin's Press
July 2011
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Featuring: Cora Cash; Ivo, Duke of Wareham
480 pages
ISBN: 0312658656
EAN: 9780312658656
Hardcover
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Historical
Be careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her
mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled
husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family
mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds
herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most
eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems,
however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English
social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora
soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what
is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story
marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh
new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James.
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Re: The American Heiress
This debut novel is a charmingly presented historical romance that will delight readers with it's full-bodied story, and proves that you should be careful what you wish for - happily-ever-after isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
(Sharon Galligar Chance 12:38pm December 23, 2011)
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