Download or read book The Million Dollar Duchesses written by Julie Ferry and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 6 November 1895 Consuelo Vanderbilt married Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. Though the preceding months had included spurned loves, unexpected deaths, scandal and illicit affairs, the wedding was the crowning moment for the unofficial marriage brokers, Lady Minnie Paget and Consuelo Yzanga, Dowager Duchess of Manchester, the original buccaneers who had instructed, cajoled and manipulated wealthy young heiresses into making the perfect match. Fame, money, power, prestige, perhaps even love – these were some of the reasons for the marriages that took place between wealthy American heiresses and the English aristocracy in 1895. For a few, the marriages were happy but for many others, the matches brought loneliness, infidelity, bankruptcy and divorce. Focusing on a single year, The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau tells the story of a group of wealthy American heiresses seeking to marry into the English aristocracy. From the beautiful and eligible debutante Consuelo Vanderbilt, in love with a dashing older man but thwarted by her controlling mother, Washington society heiress Mary Leiter who married the pompous Lord Curzon and became the Vicereine of India, Maud Burke, vivacious San Francisco belle with a questionable background, this book uncovers their stories. Also revealed is the hidden role played Lady Minnie Paget and Consuelo Yzanga, Dowager Duchess of Manchester, two unofficial marriage brokers who taught the heiresses how to use every social trick in the book to land their dream husband. The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau dashes through the year to uncover the seasons, the parties, the money, the glamour, the gossip, the scandal and the titles, always with one eye on the two women who made it all possible.
Download or read book His Unlikely Duchess written by Amanda McCabe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money can buy her marriage But will it lead to love? Miss Lily Wilkins hopes her American money will compensate for her lack of etiquette, as she needs a prestigious marriage to save her sisters’ prospects. Raised to believe wealth was her greatest attribute, she’s stunned when her unconventional ways catch the eye of the notorious Duke of Lennox. He’s far from the safe, sensible match she’d planned on—but Lily might just discover he’s the one she needs! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Dollar Duchesses Money for Marriage into London Society Book 1: His Unlikely Duchess
Download or read book Heiresses written by Laura Thompson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface. Heiresses: surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife’s inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions. Heiresses tells the stories of these million dollar babies: Mary Davies, who inherited London’s most valuable real estate, and was bartered from the age of twelve; Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American “Dollar Heiress”, forced into a loveless marriage; Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress who married seven times and died almost penniless; and Patty Hearst, heiress to a newspaper fortune who was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of independence and achievement: Angela Burdett-Coutts, who became one of the greatest philanthropists of Victorian England; Nancy Cunard, who lived off her mother's fortune and became a pioneer of the civil rights movement; and Daisy Fellowes, elegant linchpin of interwar high society and noted fashion editor. Heiresses is about the lives of the rich, who—as F. Scott Fitzgerald said—are ‘different’. But it is also a bigger story about how all women fought their way to equality, and sometimes even found autonomy and fulfillment.
Download or read book The Duke Duchess Of Dallas 2 written by Tara Ellis and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duchess is finally putting the pieces of her life back together. She’s opened her heart to love again and believes she’s found that second chance in Brian. She’s even pursuing her dreams of becoming a professional singer, but one phone call from Ford immediately changes everything. Duke is alive. On a mission to avenge his brother’s untimely death, Ford finds out the brother he thought had been murdered is alive and well. But Duke has no idea who Ford is. In fact, Duke is living a new life in the Dominican Republic with his new wife, Auri, and their son. With so much at stake, will Ford be able to convince his brother that he isn’t Demarcus, but in fact the Duke of Dallas? One thing Ford knows for sure is if anyone can get through to Duke, it’s Duchess. Duke needs her now more than ever... or he’ll be lost to them all forever.
Download or read book My Last Duchess written by Daisy Goodwin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeous, spirited and extravagantly rich, Cora Cash is the closest thing 1890s New York society has to a princess. Her masquerade ball is the prelude to a campaign that will see her mother whisk Cora to Europe, where Mrs Cash wants nothing less than a title for her daughter. In England, impoverished blue-bloods are queueing up for introductions to American heiresses, overlooking the sometimes lowly origins of their fortunes. Cora makes a dazzling impression, but the English aristocracy is a realm fraught with arcane rules and pitfalls, and there are those less than eager to welcome a wealthy outsider...
Download or read book A Block in Time written by Christiane Bird and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gotham meets The Island at the Center of the World in this dazzling history of a single block in Manhattan from the Age of Exploration to the present. This is the story of New York City, told through the prism of one block, bordered by Twenty-third Street to the south, Twenty-fourth Street to the north, Fifth Avenue and Broadway to the east, and Sixth Avenue to the west. It's a story of forest and cement, bird cries and taxi horns, theaters and factories, gambling dens and gourmet foods. It's also the story of high life and low life, immigrants and tourists, farmers and aristocrats, crooked cops and moral reformers, toy stores and social climbers--from Solomon Pieters, a former slave who was the first owner of the block, to Alexander “Clubber” Williams, the notorious police officer of the 1870s who accepted bribes and wielded his club with equal impunity, to Marietta Stevens, whose Sunday-night socials and scheming became the stuff of legend. Greed and generosity, guilt and innocence, extravagance and degradation--all have flourished on this one Manhattan block, emblematic of the city as a whole. Venturing from the opulent halls of the Fifth Avenue Hotel to grimy Sixth Avenue brothels, from the era of the Lenape to that of the Dutch, from the Gilded Age to the twentieth century, when the block and the city were transformed into something closely resembling the Manhattan we know today, A Block in Time takes us on a dynamic, exhilarating tour of history. Welcome to New York, past and present, and hear all the sordid and edifying stories this small patch of land has to tell.
Download or read book Harlequin Historical January 2021 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Christine Merrill and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: LADY MARGARET’S MYSTERY GENTLEMAN Secret of the Duke’s Family By Christine Merrill (Regency) When Lady Margaret discovers that her enigmatic dance teacher is undercover investigating her brother for murder, she’s determined to prove him wrong. Will their irresistible attraction disrupt their plans? UNEXPECTEDLY WED TO THE OFFICER Regency Belles of Bath By Jenni Fletcher (Regency) Called upon to take in her nephews, shopkeeper Henrietta is forced to accept dashing officer Sebastian Fortini’s convenient marriage proposal. As her carefree husband reveals hidden depths, can their hasty marriage last? HIS UNLIKELY DUCHESS Dollar Duchesses By Amanda McCabe (Victorian) Heiress Lily Wilkins needs a prestigious marriage to save her sisters’ prospects. Money can buy her a titled husband, but when she meets the notorious Duke of Lennox, might it also lead to love? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s January 2021 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!
Download or read book Duchess written by D.A. Brooks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Duchess has a sassy attitude and audible voice, commanding, respect looking for everything but love. She stands five feet six inches, with a velvety apricot skin tone that complemented her long silky black hair and stunning gray eyes. Which turned platinum depending on the placement of the sun, where her money ticket. Her bodys dainty despite her unhappy childhood and fiery temper; shes the author of her own demise. Who shows and amplifies how sad she is from the premature death of her mother. Throughout these trials, she gives the impression of detaching herself from the streets, finding God hears and sees. She learns valuable lessons while cascading the streets of Chicago. Helping with changing her disbelief in her wretched soul. When one single person helps to cherish those times of her moms love, although still wishing for her existence. His love helps her cope with the death and makes her face this world, which comes with powerful lessons and loves vicissitudes. This urban story will give you laughter, with a few unexpected twists, bringing you to tears, feeling a gangster boo could change.
Download or read book The Solitary Child written by Chalfont St. Giles and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solitary Child and Other Short Stories By: Chalfont St. Giles The Solitary Child is a collection of stories about ordinary human beings as they navigate their lives as best they can. We can recognize and identify with the triumphs and the troughs, and commiserate or congratulate.
Download or read book SEALs of Duchess Island Prequel Novellas Military Romance Series Boxed Set written by Kat Cantrell and published by KC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both prequel novellas together in one set! Commanding Her SEAL His team calls him the Saint. Lieutenant Commander Charlie St. Croix is the guy in charge, the grownup in the room, the one who always does the right thing. Until now. He’s left his SEAL platoon behind for two weeks of downtime in the Caribbean. What better way to recharge than with Audra Reed, a hot redhead who's a self-confessed adrenaline junkie? The Saint's ready to raise some hell. But is he ready to leave his heart behind? Rescuing Her SEAL “There was not one single thing about him that said bring me home to meet your mother.” A scavenger hunt around the Caribbean partners Navy SEAL Theodore Fitzhugh with a shy photographer seeking an adventure… except a gut feeling tells him she needs an experience of a more passionate nature—and Fitz is definitely the operator for that mission.
Download or read book The Duchess Of Windsor written by Greg King and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sympathetic and believable portrait” of the American woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne, with photos included (Christian Science Monitor). A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. It was the love story of the century—the king and the commoner. In December 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry “the woman I love,” Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American who quickly became one of the twentieth century's most famous personalities, a figure of intrigue and mystery, both admired and reviled. Wrongly blamed for the abdication crisis, Wallis suffered hostility from the Royal Family and much of the world. Yet interest in her story has remained constant, resulting in a small library of biographies that convey a thinly veiled animosity toward their subject. The truth, however, is infinitely more fascinating than the shallow, pathetic portrait that has often been painted. Using previously untapped sources, acclaimed biographer Greg King presents a complete and, for the first time, sympathetic portrait of the Duchess that sifts the decades of rumor and accusation to reveal the woman behind the legend. From her birth in Pennsylvania during the Gilded Age to her death in Paris in 1986, King takes the reader through a world of privilege, palaces, high society, and love with the accompaniment of hatreds, feuds, conspiracies, and lies. The cast of characters is vast: politicians and presidents, dictators and socialites. Twenty-four pages of photographs reveal the life of the Duchess in all its incomparable glamour and romance. “A wide, absurd cast of characters—led by the British royal family . . . Wallis’ lavish decorati
Download or read book The American Heiress written by Daisy Goodwin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now including an excerpt from VICTORIA: A Novel, by Daisy Goodwin, the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS. "Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. 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." --Allison Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love You 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. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." --Daisy Goodwin in The Daily Mail One of Library Journal's Best Historical Fiction Books of 2011
Download or read book Murder at Morrington Hall written by Clara McKenna and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stella Kendrick is an all-American heiress who can’t be tamed. But when the lively aspiring equine trainer tangles with British aristocracy, she meets her match—and a murderer . . . Like the Thoroughbreds she rides across the Kentucky countryside, Stella takes adventure by the reins when she’s asked to attend a mysterious wedding in rural England. But once she arrives at the lush Morrington Hall estate, her cold, ambitious father reveals that he has arranged to give away his daughter as bride to the Earl of Atherly’s financially strapped son . . . Stella refuses to be sold off like a prized pony. Yet there’s something intriguing about her groom-to-be, the roguish Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst. The unlikely pair could actually be on the right track with each other . . . until they find the vicar who was to marry them dead in the library. Now, Stella and Lyndy must put their marriage on hold to prevent an unbridled criminal from destroying their new life together right out of the gate . . . “Delightful . . . Eccentric, humorous characters add to the intrigue . . . Fans of historical cozies will be enchanted.” —Publishers Weekly “Well-drawn characters, a richly described historical setting with details of horse racing, and a tentative romance distinguish this agreeable cozy.” —Booklist
Download or read book Duchess s Kiss written by E.M. Shue and published by E.M.Shue. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author E.M. Shue comes another gripping installment of the Securities International series. Mikayla “The Duchess” is all about casual sex and hookups. She doesn’t have time for commitment or love. Besides, there will never be a man to love her as strongly as she needs. She races motorcycles, jumps in front of bullets, and throws a middle finger at conformity and convention. Adrenaline helps cover the pain of her past, but it’s never enough. The walls she builds are stronger than anyone knows, until one word stops her. M3/31/2021um. Single father Wesley left his life as a Navy Seal to raise his son after his baby momma split. Now he takes jobs that bring him home at night. His sole focus is raising Blake. But then the blonde bombshell walked into his life. She’s related to royalty and races through life like it’s a motocross speedway. Until she runs, and all he can think about is being her enough. When a man bent on her title and land partners with Sir, Mikayla learns that adrenaline can hurt, even kill. Now the very company she worked for—and the man who has the power to settle her—must protect her. When the throttle is twisted wide open, The Duchess and Ghost will learn what is enough for them both.
Download or read book Duchess of Death written by Richard Hack and published by Phoenix Books. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her aversion to the press as she was for her 80 books and collections of short stories, Christie made no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted. There have been numerous biographies of the Queen of Crime, all of which claim to be definitive. However, Duchess of Death is the first to draw from such an enormous number of previously unpublished correspondence and notes, effectively establishing it as the most authoritative, penetrating look at the personal and literary life of Christie.
Download or read book The House of the Seven Cats written by The Story Lady and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing seven main new characters, The House of the Seven Cats will fulfill the appetite for fun filled family fantasy on or off the silver screen. The Master, Mistress and their family, though silhouetted through out the story, create an atmosphere where one is able to enter the world of these seven furry personalities and become part of their unique adventures.
Download or read book SEALs of Duchess Island Books 4 6 Military Romance Series Boxed Set written by Kat Cantrell and published by KC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books 4-6 in the ASSIGNMENT: Caribbean Nights series--all three full length novels in one set! Contains: Protecting Her SEAL Marrying Her SEAL Keeping Her SEAL Protecting Her SEAL Former Navy SEAL Miles Lynch came home from Iraq with the nickname “Mild.” His dirty little secret? It’s easy to stay calm when you don’t care about anything. He learned the hard way that happy endings don’t exist—fighting for the cause only got him broken and disillusioned. Explosives expert Lale Şakir knows a thing or two about chemistry, but only on paper. When it comes to men? Total novice. But when she agrees to create an artificial coral reef for Aqueous Adventures as an excursion site near the Caribbean island Miles calls home, will the unexpected heat between them cause too many complications… or melt the polar ice cap around his heart? Marrying Her SEAL Navy SEAL Jaxon Hyland can fix anything—except the inconvenient attraction he's always had for his gorgeous best friend. It was easy to maintain a hands-off policy when he was deployed half a world away, but when Thora pops up on Duchess Island, the Caribbean paradise Jack calls home, everything changes. Emotionally bruised by a bad breakup, Thora needs Jack now more than ever. Jack has never been able to tell her no, not even when she asks him to marry her. It's supposed to be temporary. 100% fake. Platonic. But how long can that really last when she's the only woman he's ever wanted? Keeping Her SEAL Jace Custer followed his former SEAL team to the Caribbean in hopes of answering the question: What’s next? But he doesn’t fit in at Duchess Island like he did in Iraq. While searching for a place to call his own, Jace unexpectedly finds a home tending bar for Stella Chase, but when the chemistry between them heats up, he realizes he wants more from her than just a job. Stella can’t trust her bartender with her heart—he’s too young, too hot, and too much of a player. Jace is determined to strip away her preconceptions of him… but she’s just as determined to hold him at arm’s length. Can a recovering player ever really change his stripes? Or is he destined to never fit into his own life?
