An American beauty / Shana Abé.
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: 374 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023].
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A novel of the gilded age"--Cover.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | FIC ABE (Text) | 37810438159799 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Abe (Text) | 31010000815409 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F ABE (Text) | 50503011273945 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Black Mountain Library | F ABE (Text) | 0020660063627 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | PBK FIC ABE Historical (Text) | 30441100905678 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F ABE (Text) | 31781068710563 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F ABE (Text) | 31781068710597 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Green River Branch | ABE / Paperback (Text) | 33258010291543 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Abe (Text) | 33115007701635 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hazel W. Guilford Memorial Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101743795 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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