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Ambition Fiction Davis, Varina 1826-1906 Fiction Family-owned business enterprises Fiction Heiresses Fiction London (England) History 19th century Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Marriage Fiction Nobility Scotland Fiction Paris (France) 19th century Fiction United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 FictionTrigiani, Adriana
Summary: "Chi Chi Donatelli and Saverio Armandonada meet one summer on the Jersey shore before World War II. Chi Chi is a talented and ambitious singer-songwriter working in a local blouse factory looking for her big break, while Saverio, a singer already on the rise, is fronting a touring band and has the good looks and smooth vocals that make success seem assured. It isn't long before Saverio becomes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION TRIHerrera, Adriana
Summary: "Paris, 1889. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is she to fall in love. In the City of Lights, she intends to expand the rum business her family built over three generations, but buyers and shippers alike can't imagine doing business with a woman...never mind a woman of color. This,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HERDe la Rosa, Liana
Summary: "A marriage of convenience between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd London politician makes for a scandalous Victorian bargain--and a love that will eclipse the burdens of ambition and duty. Ana María Luna Valdés has strived to be the perfect daughter, the perfect niece, and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna familia. So, when Ana María is secretly sent to London with her sisters to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DE LFrazier, Charles
Summary: After marrying a Mississippi landowner in hopes of living a life of security, Varina Howell finds her expectations upended when her husband is appointed as the leader of the Confederacy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018