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Genre/Form: | Chick lit Love stories Historical fiction Fiction History Romance fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Named Person: | A Andrae |
Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Janet Evanovich; Dorien Kelly |
ISBN: | 9780312651329 0312651325 9781250025975 1250025974 0312651341 9780312651343 |
OCLC Number: | 809727546 |
Description: | 309 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | "Caroline Maxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, and his friend, Jack Culhane, on their adventures. While Jack and Eddie are off seeing the world, buying up businesses and building wildly successful careers, Caroline's stuck at home frightening off the men her mother hopes will ask for her hand in marriage. When her mother sets her sights on the questionable Lord Bremerton as a possible suitor, Caroline struggles with her instincts and the true nature of her heart. She longs for adventure, passion, love, and most of all ... Jack Culhane, an unconventional Irish-American bachelor with new money and no title. A completely unacceptable suitor in the eyes of Caroline's mother. But Caroline's dark hair, brilliant eyes and quick wit have Jack understanding just why it is people fall in love and get married. Set in New York City in 1894, The Husband List is an American gilded age romantic mystery." -- Publisher. |
Series Title: | Culhane Family, 2. |
Responsibility: | Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly. |
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More depth and excitement than I expected
Caroline Maxwell's life as a human pincushion is as confining and uncomfortable as her corsets. The life of an heiress in 1894 New York City looks glamorous from the outside, but Caroline longs for adventure and secretly harbors a crush on her brother's best friend, Jack Culhane. Jack is rich...
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Caroline Maxwell's life as a human pincushion is as confining and uncomfortable as her corsets. The life of an heiress in 1894 New York City looks glamorous from the outside, but Caroline longs for adventure and secretly harbors a crush on her brother's best friend, Jack Culhane. Jack is rich enough, but her parents (particularly her mother) consider his money to be "too new," so her list of prospective suitors has been narrowed to one name: Lord Bremerton. Unfortunately, the new heir to a dukedom has a few unsavory secrets that put her happiness--and her safety--in jeopardy.
This book was so much better than I expected! I anticipated a light, fun read and was delighted to discover well-developed characters and a much more exciting plot than usual. For some reason, the historical setting was also a surprise. Apparently I put the book on hold out of habit (I always put Evanovich's books on hold as they come in), and by the time it was my turn to check it out, I'd forgotten what it was about. I love happy surprises!
My only quibble: when the authors use the term "waiter" to describe the footmen who serve the food at mealtimes. There was no such thing as a "waiter" in upper class homes! Such an anachronism stood out like a sore thumb. Oy.
For readers' advisors: story and character doorways, also setting. Some heavy petting but no sex, and I can't recall any bad language either, although there may be a salty word or two somewhere.
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- Young women -- Fiction.
- Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
- Rich people -- Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
- Jeunes femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Amours -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Riches -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Histoire -- 1865-1898 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Dating (Social customs)
- Rich people.
- Young women.
- New York (State) -- New York.
- Andrae, A.
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Rich -- Fiction.
- Love stories.
- Historical fiction.
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