_Once upon a time there were three young ladies who, despite their fortunes, had been on the marriage mart a bit too long. They were known as βthe Spinster Heiressesβ . . ._ _Is it wrong for a woman to want more?_ Not if she is a Spinster Heiress. They do not settle. Any young miss would be very l
The Heiress Gets a Duke
β Scribed by St. George, Harper
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group; Bantam Press
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0593197216
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β¦ Synopsis
Even a fortune forged in railroads and steel can't buy entrance into the upper echelons of Victorian high society --for that you need a marriage of convenience.
American heiress August Crenshaw has aspirations. But unlike her peers, it isn't some stuffy British Lord she wants wrapped around her finger--it's Crenshaw Iron Works, the family business. When it's clear that August's outrageously progressive ways render her unsuitible for a respectable match, her parents offer up her younger sister to the highest entitled bidder instead. This simply will not do. August refuses to leave her sister to the mercy of a loveless marriage.
Evan Sterling, the Duke of Rothschild, has no intention of walking away from the marriage. He's recently inherited the title only to find his coffers empty, and with countless lives depending on him, he can't walk away from the fortune a Crenshaw heiress would bring him. But after meeting her fiery sister, he realizes Violet isn't the...
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