The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George

With Mother and Papa Crenshaw salivating over rubbing shoulders with nobility, they eagerly arrange a marriage for their youngest daughter – and it’s her protective nature over her sister that leads August directly into the path of Evan. In order to save not just his family, but the families who live on the estate, Evan needs to marry someone wealthy. In secret Evan has taken up prizefighting as a means to bring in what little income he can, though it’s not enough. Evan is left to pick up the pieces, overseeing a crumbling estate with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Unfortunately, so too has his eldest son. She’s in stark contrast to her younger sister, Violet, yet when the Duke of Rothschild is all but forced into a quick marriage, it’s August he finds captivating.Īfter years of squandering away the family fortune, the previous Duke of Rothschild has passed away. With a name like that, it’s little wonder why the girl acts the way she does, spending more time working through the financial records for her father’s company than securing a husband.

Particularly that elder daughter, August. Worse still, they’re American, bold and brash with seemingly little regard for how to conduct themselves in polite company. Little does she realize that every stunt she pulls to make him call off the wedding only makes him like her even more.Īs a ‘new money’ family, the Crenshaws are already outcasts in London society. She decides to show Rothschild that she’s no typical London wallflower. He wants August, and he always gets what he wants.īut August won’t go peacefully to her fate. But after meeting her fiery sister, he realizes Violet isn’t the heiress he wants. He’s recently inherited the title only to find his coffers empty, and with countless lives depending on him, he can’t walk away from the fortune a Crenshaw heiress would bring him. August refuses to leave her sister to the mercy of a loveless marriage.Įvan Sterling, the Duke of Rothschild, has no intention of walking away from the marriage. When it’s clear that August’s outrageously progressive ways render her unsuitable for a respectable match, her parents offer up her younger sister to the highest entitled bidder instead. But unlike her peers, it isn’t some stuffy British Lord she wants wrapped around her finger–it’s Crenshaw Iron Works, the family business.

Summary: American heiress August Crenshaw has aspirations. Source: e-ARC via netgalley (Thank you, Berkley!) The Heiress Gets a Duke (The Gilded Age Heiresses #1) by Harper St.

The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George