Helpful Score: 2
Two strong well matched lead characters,set in NYC with suffragettes and the political machine in full force. A widowed business woman goes up against Tammany Hall at it's prime.
Helpful Score: 1
Beatrice Von Furstenberg is a rich suffragette who refuses to give her 16-year-old niece permission to marry her 18-year-old suitor. So, the teens come up with a scheme to stage a mock robbery then a daring rescue of Beatrice's carriage. Attorney Connor Barrow agrees to help out with the crazy plan, never dreaming he would be responsible for Beatrice being locked up in a brothel. When she finds out how she ended up spending time in this brothel, she blackmails Connor into helping women get the right to vote.
I was disappointed with the first half of this book. I didn't care for the heroine and didn't see any sparks between the her and the hero. But, the story did get more interesting and you could finally see the relationship forming. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
I was disappointed with the first half of this book. I didn't care for the heroine and didn't see any sparks between the her and the hero. But, the story did get more interesting and you could finally see the relationship forming. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
She was an independent woman and he found her only weakness....sweet talk....
Excellent book. Drew me right in.
This is a lighthearted look at a lady corporation president and an Irishman running for political office in New York in 1892. It starts out when that rich corporation president, Beatrice Von Furstenberg, refuses to allow her 16-year-old niece marry her heart-throb, one 18-year-old Jeffrey Barrow. So, they plot to have some thugs try to rob Beatrice and let Jeffrey rescue her. Their thoughts are that Beatrice would be so thankful that she'd allow the two to wed.
So Jeffrey goes to find his black-sheep relative, Connor Barrow, who is running for Congress with the help of Tammany Hall. Connor feels sorry for the boy and suggests two heavies to help him. However, the robbery is a debacle and the rest of the story is about how Beatrice and Connor try to straighten the mess out without losing their careers.
So Jeffrey goes to find his black-sheep relative, Connor Barrow, who is running for Congress with the help of Tammany Hall. Connor feels sorry for the boy and suggests two heavies to help him. However, the robbery is a debacle and the rest of the story is about how Beatrice and Connor try to straighten the mess out without losing their careers.
From the back cover...
An immovable uptown lady...
Rich suffragette Beatrice Von Furstenberg was tough enough to trade stocks on Wall Street and smart enough to resist the temptation of passion. Adamant about women being independent-and without a romantic bone in her lovely body-she had sternly refused to give her moonstuck sixteen-year-old ward permission to was an eighteen-year-old suitor. Now the desperate teens have dreamed up a mock robbery and a daring rescue to change Beatrice's mind.
An irresistible downtown man...
Attorney Connor Barrow, a rogue of an Irishman with a silver tongue, remembers all too well the burning desires of youth. So he agrees to help in a crazy plan that will land him in a world of trouble. Suddenly he is responsible for the most influential lady in the city being locked up in a brothel, furious and threatening his ruin. Neither of them expects that first breathless kiss-a deal that would make the devil himself blush-and, most of all, the ways love can change a man's mind and open a woman's heart...
An immovable uptown lady...
Rich suffragette Beatrice Von Furstenberg was tough enough to trade stocks on Wall Street and smart enough to resist the temptation of passion. Adamant about women being independent-and without a romantic bone in her lovely body-she had sternly refused to give her moonstuck sixteen-year-old ward permission to was an eighteen-year-old suitor. Now the desperate teens have dreamed up a mock robbery and a daring rescue to change Beatrice's mind.
An irresistible downtown man...
Attorney Connor Barrow, a rogue of an Irishman with a silver tongue, remembers all too well the burning desires of youth. So he agrees to help in a crazy plan that will land him in a world of trouble. Suddenly he is responsible for the most influential lady in the city being locked up in a brothel, furious and threatening his ruin. Neither of them expects that first breathless kiss-a deal that would make the devil himself blush-and, most of all, the ways love can change a man's mind and open a woman's heart...
