![]() ![]() ![]() The protagonists inevitably wind up at the altar, but their story doesn't end there. The scenes involving Annabelle and the three other Wallflowers-two impudent American girls and a shy, stuttering English heiress-are almost as enjoyable as the ones in which Annabelle and Simon try to outmaneuver each other. As Annabelle attempts to trap a moneyed aristocrat into marriage-with the help of her vivacious fellow Wallflowers, of course-Simon boldly pursues her, first with the desire to make her his mistress and then with far more noble intentions. Commoner Simon Hunt, on the other hand, is a brash, ambitious entrepreneur who has made a fortune investing in industry and railroads and is only marginally accepted by society. ![]() ![]() Beautiful Annabelle Peyton represents Old World aristocracy she's genteel but impoverished and desperately trying to maintain the appearance of wealth. Deftly evoking not only the romantic tension between hero and heroine but also the conflicts and challenges of the Victorian era, this superb romance from Kleypas launches her new series centered on the Wallflowers, four young ladies who are sick of being snubbed and overlooked by London's bachelors and who have banded together to find themselves husbands. ![]()
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