The American Heiress (Paperback)

from Kathy89

The richest girl in America has a social climbing mother looking for a Duke in England for her daughter to marry. Cora falls off her horse and is found by the Duke. He proposes and the marriage happens . . . . at eighteen she must cope with tradition, history, royalty, society and everything that...

from BookishDame

Please see my full review on The Bookish Dame blog. I thought this book missed the mark although the author writes well. In my humble opinion, she failed to carry through her story with a suitable ending, and her woman protagonist was weak and unbelievable.

from NewsieQ

Cora Cash is one of the wealthiest young women in America ... and her ambitious mother, who has not been accepted into Newport "society," wants to marry her off to a foreigner with a title. Cora won't be the first - after all, it's the 1890s and buying a title is common among daughters of the mon...

from Twink

When I saw the cover of American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin, my first thought was of Grace Kelly. But Goodwin's novel takes place before that time period, set in the Gilded Age. I found Goodwin's inspiration behind the writing of American Heiress quite fascinating. "Daisy has long been fascinated w...

from jennybeast

Very intersting to see a portrayal of the American side of the regency era. The book kind of stressed me out, though -- has quite a quota of tension, drama and unkindness, even if all seems to come right in the end.