The Charm School - Softcover

Wiggs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551664917 ISBN 13: 9781551664910

Publisher: Mira, 1999

Synopsis

Plain, awkward, and painfully shy, Isadora Peabody doesn't fit in anywhere--not with her elegant family, not in Boston society, and certainly not on board the "Silver Swan", a boat bound for exotic Rio de Janeiro with the fiery captain Ryan Calhoun at the helm. Yet somehow Ryan's motley crew makes a place for her--while Ryan himself soon comes to appreciate a great deal more than just her sound business sense.

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A cargo-hauling clipper ship would seem an unlikely place for a Boston spinster to acquire social polish, but the insecure Isadora Peabody, who wangles passage aboard the Silver Swan and sets sail for Rio, is not the confident, self-assured woman who returns to set society (and the unworthy object of her former affections) firmly on its ear. A crew of rough, lovable seamen, a single-minded captain who is caught up short by love, and a heroine who finally learns to believe in herself draw readers into this lively, funny story. While a love scene in which the hero gets the heroine high on hemp may tarnish this story for some, the ugly-duckling aspects of the plot and the concern with slavery issues will appeal to fans across the board. Wiggs (The Drifter, Mira: Harlequin, 1998) is a popular, RITA-winning author and lives in the Pacific Northwest.AKR
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Edition details

• Publisher: Mira
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551664917
• ISBN 13: 9781551664910
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 401