First published 2011
Cora Cash owns everything money can buy. Her family's Newport mansion makes the Vanderbilts look modest. At the turn of the twentieth century, she travels to England with her mother to find what American wealth cannot purchase: a noble title through marriage. She succeeds beyond her wildest dreams when she marries Ivo, the most sought-after bachelor in England, becoming the Duchess of Wareham. But her new husband proves distant and mysterious. The English aristocracy welcomes her money while setting elaborate social traps. Cora discovers that her fortune opens doors but cannot buy genuine acceptance or love. She faces a choice between the security of her wealth and position against the possibility of something real. The price of her new life grows steeper as she learns what truly matters in marriage and society.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, marriage-of-convenience
Setting: England, Newport, United States
Period: Turn of the 20th Century
468 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press