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Double or nothing

Meg Mims

2013202 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9781491081914
  • 2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9781483901626
  • 2013318 pages · ENGISBN 9781611738988
  • 2014CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 202 pages · ENGISBN 9781500605384

October, 1869: Lily Granville, now heiress to a considerable fortune, rebels against her guardian uncle's strict rules. Ace Diamond, determined to win Lily, invests in a dynamite factory for a "quick killing," but his status as a successful businessman fails to impress her guardian. When her uncle announces her engagement to Ace's business partner, Lily turns to Ace for help. An explosion in San Francisco, mere hours before Lily elopes with Ace to avoid a forced marriage, sets off a chain of unforeseen consequences. Despite's Lily's protests that he has been framed, Ace is dragged off to jail as the culprit behind the explosion. As the evidence mounts against him, Lily must learn who was actually behind the diabolical plan and save Ace from the hangman's noose. Will she become a widow before becoming a true wife?

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