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"When a railroad baron falls for a uniform girl at a gambling parlor thirty years his junior, he moves her to New York posing as a well-heeled Southern widow where her shrewd investing instincts build her a fortune"--
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Kensington Publishing Corp.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"When a railroad baron falls for a uniform girl at a gambling parlor thirty years his junior, he moves her to New York posing as a well-heeled Southern widow where her shrewd investing instincts build her a fortune"-- 1867, Richmond, Virginia. Arabella wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, yet she is set apart by her unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is married and thirty years her senior, yet flirtation rapidly escalates into an affair. With Collis's help, Arabella eventually moves to New York, posing as a genteel, well-to-do Southern widow. Using Collis's seed money and her own shrewd investing instincts, she begins to amass a fortune. Collis marries Arabella after his wife's death, but she must earn her place in Society. There are some who suspect the scandalous truth, and will blackmail her for it. -- adapted from back cover |
| Item Description: | "A novel of the gilded age"--Cover |
| Carrier Form: | 376 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781496739421 1496739426 |
| Index Number: | PS3551 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/A138-2 |