An American beauty, Shana Abé
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An American beauty, Shana Abé
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
An American beauty
Oclc number
1375681521
Responsibility statement
Shana Abé
Summary
"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 publisher1867, 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
Target audience
adult
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- Huntington, Arabella Duval, 1850 or 1851-1924 -- Fiction
- Upper class -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Businesspeople -- Fiction
- May-December romances -- Fiction
- Love stories
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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- Huntington, Arabella Duval, 1850 or 1851-1924 -- Fiction
- Upper class -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Businesspeople -- Fiction
- May-December romances -- Fiction
- Love stories
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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- Author1
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