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An American beauty / Shana Abé.
"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"-- Provided by publisher
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
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496739421
- ISBN: 1496739426
- Physical Description: 376 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: [First Kensington trade paperback].
- Publisher: New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel of the gilded age"--Cover Includes discussion questions (pages 375-376). |
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| Genre: | Biographical fiction Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | F Abe | 32269001296436 | Adult - New | Checked out | 06/30/2026 |
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| 245 | 1 | 3. | ‡aAn American beauty / ‡cShana Abé. |
| 250 | . | ‡a[First Kensington trade paperback]. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bKensington Publishing Corp., ‡c[2023] | |
| 300 | . | ‡a376 pages ; ‡c21 cm | |
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| 500 | . | ‡a"A novel of the gilded age"--Cover | |
| 500 | . | ‡aIncludes discussion questions (pages 375-376). | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"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"-- ‡cProvided by publisher | |
| 520 | . | ‡a1867, 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 | |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aHuntington, Arabella Duval, ‡d1850 or 1851-1924 ‡vFiction. |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aHuntington, Collis Potter, ‡d1821-1900 ‡vFiction. |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aBusinesspeople ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aMay-December romances ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSecrecy ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aUpper class ‡vFiction. | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aBiographical fiction | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aRomance fiction. ‡2lcgft | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft | |
| 651 | 0. | ‡aNew York (N.Y.) ‡xHistory ‡y19th century ‡vFiction. | |
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