The husband list / Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly.
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TextPublication details: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2013], c2012.Edition: 1st large print edDescription: 403 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0804120943 (lg. print : pbk.) :
- 9780804120944 (lg. print : pbk.) :
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Large Print Book
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Main Library | Large Print Fiction | Evanovic Janet | CF 2 | Available | 33111007057249 |
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Based on the family from the bestsellingnbsp; Love In A Nutshell ,nbsp;the story of an heiress longing to marry for love or not at all.
From The New York Times nbsp;bestselling writing duo Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, comes the story of a young woman's search for true love. Caroline Maxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, and his friend, Jack Culhane, on their adventures.nbsp;Whilenbsp;Jack and Eddie are off seeing the world, buying up businesses and building wildly successful careers,nbsp;Caroline's stuck at home frightening off the men her mother hopes will ask for her hand in marriage.nbsp; When her mother sets her sights on the questionable Lord Bremerton as a possible suitor, Caroline struggles with her instincts and the true nature of her heart.nbsp; She longs for adventure, passion, love, and most of all...Jack Culhane, an unconventional Irish-American bachelor with new money and no title. A completely unacceptable suitor in the eyes of Caroline's mother.nbsp;But Caroline's dark hair, brilliant eyesnbsp;and quick wit have Jack understanding just why it is people fall in love and get married.
Set in New York City in 1894, The Husband List isnbsp;an American gilded age romantic mystery. It evokes memories of the lavish lifestyles and social expectations of the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers--a time when new money from the Americas married Old World social prestige and privilege.nbsp;Dresses by Worth, transcontinental ocean voyages, lavish parties, a little intrigue, and a lot of romance await in,nbsp; Thenbsp;Husband List .
Pressured by her mother to marry a proper gentleman, Caroline Maxwell reluctantly considers Lord Bremerton while harboring a secret longing for adventure and passion with her brother's world-traveling friend, Jack, whose new money and lack of title render him an unsuitable candidate in her mother's eyes.