The Runaway Heiress - Softcover

Holm, Stef Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671775499 ISBN 13: 9780671775490

Publisher: Pocket, 2002

Synopsis

Determined to escape an arranged marriage and her stultifying if wealthy life, Evelyn Thurgood-Baron disguises herself as a lady's maid to flee Beaumont, Texas, but she soon discovers that her new employer is a former New Orleans police lieutenant turned fugitive, disguised as a woman to escape his pursuers and clear his name. Original.

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Review:

Setting: Beaumont, Texas, 1911

Sensuality: 7

Beautiful Evelyn Thurgood-Baron is the sole heiress to the Baron Oil fortune and has had 26 years of ladylike, rigidly proper upbringing. She longs to kick over the traces and experience travel and adventure but her father has other plans. When he announces that he's negotiated an engagement for her as part of a lucrative business deal, Evelyn packs a bag and runs away, posing as a ladies' maid to board the Lone Star Limited.

Falsely accused of murder and chasing the only man who can exonerate him, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Deveraux boards the Lone Star Limited disguised as a woman. Neither Evelyn nor Luke has time to adjust to their new identities before danger forces them to jump from the train and shed their costumes. Then fate pairs them in a race across Texas that has them hiding from the police, private detectives, and bandits. Neither of them is prepared for the attraction that daily grows stronger between them, but if they survive their dangerous journey, is there any hope for a future between an heiress to millions and a New Orleans cop?

The turn-of-the-century setting of The Runaway Heiress is rich with colorful detail in a plot that contains one hair-raising, life-threatening scene after another, supported by a hero and heroine strong enough to survive and thrive despite the danger. Don't miss this wonderfully romantic historical. --Lois Faye Dyer

About the Author:

Stef Ann Holm lives in Meridian Idaho, a small suburb of Boise. She has two beautiful daughters, and one space cadet dog who will stare for hours at any food substance. She loves hot summers, sunshine and floating in water--even if it's a plastic pool in her backyard. Visit her website at http://www.stefannholm.com to read more about her fascinating (hah hah) life. Or you can write her the old-fashioned way at P.O. Box 1206, Meridian, ID 83680-1206

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0671775499
• ISBN 13: 9780671775490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352