I finished reading One Golden Ring by Cheryl Bolen last night. I started it Thanksgiving day and probably would have finished it that day except I made a commitment to myself to complete some tasks around the house. I had a hard time putting it down.
Fiona Hollingsworth was first introduced in Ms. Bolen's The Counterfeit Countess. In The Counterfeit Countess, Fiona loses her love to another woman. One Golden Ring is Fiona's story of love. It opens with her needing to secure a large sum of money to pay a ransom for her beloved brother, Randolph. Though her family is a respected member of the ton, they have endured many setbacks in the past few years and no longer possess the wealth they once had. So, in order to save her brother, she offers herself in marriage to the wealthiest man in town, Nicholas (Nick) Birmingham.
Nicholas Birmingham has worked hard for everything he has. He is a respected business man but despite the fact that he has more money than anyone else, he is not deemed worthy of courting a woman of the ton because of his lineage. So, when Fiona offers himself to him he declines but offers the money she needs anyway. Fiona declines, refusing to take charity. After mulling it over, Nick realizes that Fiona intends to marry someone, one way or another, and he decides he is as good as any and they wed.
This was a sweet love story and timely for the holidays as it begins just before Christmas and ends a year later, at Christmas. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I love Cheryl's books. She's a member of the local chapters here in Houston (there are three - I'm only a member of one). She doesn't post a lot to the e-loops but one day she had posted and I clicked on her webpage link at the bottom of the email. It gave an excerpt from chapter one of An Improper Proposal and I had to have it.
I bought it, read it and I've been a fan ever since. I've read all of her books with the exception of Nisei. It's not available in book form so she gave me a copy earlier this year on CD (autographed, thank you very much :o) ) but I haven't figured out how I can print it yet without it being a bazillion pages and I can't imagine reading it on my computer - yet (I probably will eventually break down and do just that).
Did I mention that she's a very nice lady and that I love her books? :o)
Sounds good. I think I've read her, but I'll make sure to get this one.
And, you've seen my shameless plug for P & P, so . . .
Looks good, Lucy. I love historical Christmas stories. :)
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