Lovely but disastrously tenderhearted Diamond Wingate has
terrible trouble saying "No": to the poor and unfortunate
who beg at her gates; to entrepreneurs with big plans and
no money; and worse, to the silver-tongued young men who
line up to propose marriage. So far she has managed to
keep her three fiancés a secret, insisting she cannot
marry until she turns twenty-three. But her birthday—and
disaster—are looming....
He is a hardheaded Westerner...
Rugged, independent "Bear" McQuaid has never taken a dime
he didn't earn by his own hard work. But now his dream of
building a railroad, so close to coming true, is about to
collapse from lack of funds. Approaching Baltimore's
infamous "soft touch," he learns she has other assets as
well: a delicate, strawberry blond beauty and shining
intelligence—and a fascination for the romance of the
railroad. Then Bear uncovers Diamond's embarrassment of
riches in fiancés as well as money and charms. Now he must
make a choice: finance his dream through a little genteel
blackmail, or do it the hard way...by falling in love.
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