Monday, April 30, 2012

Book Review - The American Heiress




Cora Cash is the American Heiress.  The name is almost too cutesy, dontcha think?  Anyway, Cora is the only child of a very rich man.  They are the quintessential American 'new money' kind of family.  Cora's mother is determined to marry her daughter to an English title.  (Apparently rich Americans did this all the time in the early 20th century.)  Cora is packed off to London where she falls off a horse and falls in love with a Duke.  Seriously.

This book is surprising in one aspect.  Cora actually loves this Duke.  The whole book is kind of a twist on the 'marriage of convenience' idea.  It trys to answer the question "What happens when two people who marry out of obligation fall in love?' 

Don't be scared, it's not a trashy romance.  It's entertaining and well written

1 comment:

Zebraman said...

Isn't that one of the musical numbers from the movie 'Fiddler on the Roof'?