Synopsis
Reduced to destitution by the Civil War, Francesca "Chess" Standish struggles to win the love of her younger husband, whom she married in order to capitalize on her only remaining asset, a tobacco-machine patent. Reprint.
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AN ENTHRALLING ROMANTIC TALE WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE IN THE GREAT TRADITION OF 'GONE WITH WIND' AND 'SCARLETT'.
THE PLAYERS
Francesca ‘Chess’ Standish, before the Civil War a wealthy young debutante, is now a poor, greying, spinster...until a young farmer from North Carolina knocks on her door. Nate Richardson arrives with land, driving ambition, and a secret obsession for his brother’s wife.
THE GAME
In return for the machine that will make Nate’s fortune, Chess names her price: marriage to her and a partnership in the business.
THE STAKES
Chess is suddenly plunged into the new South and the cut-throat world of the tobacco industry – a world of rivalries, wealth, passion and temptation. Soon Chess must risk losing her life and her new husband for a forbidden love...
About the Author
Alexandra Ripley is one of America’s most highly praised writers of historical fiction. She has written several bestsellers, including ‘Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone With the Wind’, ‘Charleston’, and ‘From Fields of Gold’.
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