The Arrangement: Love Prevails - Softcover

Kennedy, Carol Jeanne

9781945494079: The Arrangement: Love Prevails

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945494077 ISBN 13: 9781945494079

Publisher: Kennedy Literary, 2017

London, 1850: After being abandoned as a child at age seven, John Wolcott grows up hardened by life’s challenges. He applies his considerable talent, and becomes a shipping tycoon feared alike by the business world and pirates on the high seas. He chooses a wife who will further elevate him into England’s financial elite. He has a daughter Louisa, and arranges to marry her in a scheme to take over a railroad-car empire. Louisa thinks otherwise, and hatches a counter plot. Wolcott is in for a reckoning with his soul that would do justice to Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol, without the ghosts. “In Kennedy’s debut novel, a shipping magnate and his daughter grapple with an age-old question—what’s more important: wealth or love? ... Overall it’s a quick-paced, action-packed read ... Business schemes and on-again off-again romances will keep readers going as long as they can overlook a few unpleasant characters.” —Kirkus Reviews “With its quick pace and nonstop action, The Arrangement is sure to please fans of historical romance and personal growth stories. The twists and turns, business ploys, and complicated romance threads lead readers to a satisfying conclusion and will keep them turning the pages in earnest. Indeed, love prevails.” —Carol Silvis, M.Ed., Pennwriters president (2016)

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