City of scoundrels
Thompson, Victoria
City of scoundrels - Center Point Large Print edition. - 422 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - A counterfeit lady novel ; [3] . - Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.). Counterfeit lady novel ; 3. .
Regular print version previously published by: Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group.
"Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fiance, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston is part owner of Preston Shoes, a company that is making footwear for the army, so he has a rather large estate. He needs a new will, however, because he has just been secretly married to a woman whom his family would never approve. He wants to make sure she and their unborn child are provided for if he does not return. When Tom is later reported killed, Elizabeth and Gideon learn that the new will has gone missing after Tom's bride revealed her identity to his family. Unless the new will is found and validated, the original will, which leaves everything to Tom's brother, will prevail and the wife and child will get nothing. If Tom's new bride survives, that is. Some terrible threats have been leveled against her, and Elizabeth and Gideon must figure out a way, legal or not quite, to secure Tom's fortune for his wife and child while saving her life in the process"--Provided by publisher.
9781643585048 $36.95 1643585045
2019951864
1900-1999
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.
Wills--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Large type books.
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Romantic suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
PS3570.H6442 / C584 2020b
813/.54
City of scoundrels - Center Point Large Print edition. - 422 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - A counterfeit lady novel ; [3] . - Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.). Counterfeit lady novel ; 3. .
Regular print version previously published by: Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group.
"Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fiance, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston is part owner of Preston Shoes, a company that is making footwear for the army, so he has a rather large estate. He needs a new will, however, because he has just been secretly married to a woman whom his family would never approve. He wants to make sure she and their unborn child are provided for if he does not return. When Tom is later reported killed, Elizabeth and Gideon learn that the new will has gone missing after Tom's bride revealed her identity to his family. Unless the new will is found and validated, the original will, which leaves everything to Tom's brother, will prevail and the wife and child will get nothing. If Tom's new bride survives, that is. Some terrible threats have been leveled against her, and Elizabeth and Gideon must figure out a way, legal or not quite, to secure Tom's fortune for his wife and child while saving her life in the process"--Provided by publisher.
9781643585048 $36.95 1643585045
2019951864
1900-1999
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.
Wills--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Large type books.
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Romantic suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
PS3570.H6442 / C584 2020b
813/.54