The Bareknuckle Groom
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1869 Bareknuckle champion, James Thompson, is confident his future continues with beautiful women and victories in the boxing ring. Men admire his skills, power, and quick fists, and are more than willing to bet their hard-earned coins on his name. Women admire his handsome face, his undaunted confidence, and his powerful body. Nothing will change his successfully plotted course, until…
Lucinda Vermeal arrives on the Philadelphia social scene when her father moves them to the city in the hopes that his only daughter will find a suitable partner. After all, her husband will be intimately involved with Vermeal Industries whose business interests and political connections touch France, England and all of the United States. Lucinda’s pale statuesque beauty attracts the finest of Philadelphia’s young men, but her cool and reserved attitude keep them at arm’s length. Until she meets a man willing to challenge her at every turn.
Will James Thompson expose Lucinda's passionate nature like no other man ever could?
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Holly Bush books are set during the turbulent & transformative years of the late 1800’s. The Thompsons of Locust Street is her most recent series that begins with The Bachelor’s Bride. The Crawford Family follows the fortunes of three Boston born sisters & include Train Station Bride, Contract to Wed, Her Safe Harbor, & novella, The Maid’s Quarters. The Gentrys of Paradise chronicles Virginia horse breeders & their legacy in Into the Evermore, For the Brave, For This Moment, & For Her Honor. Fan favorites also include Romancing Olive & Reconstructing
