MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST BARONESS by LUCINDA BAKER
Consuela Lucero is a servant girl in 1896 and has believed herself the half-breed daughter of an alcoholic Indian housemaid. But glamorous, charismatic Duncan Benedict tells her she is actually a long-lost Spanish baroness, heir to an enormous Spanish landgrant in the Southwest. Duncan, a Southern land developer and speculator who lost his own spread after the Civil War, takes her away to train her to behave as a lady. Consuela falls in love with Duncan, and he marries her.
But this romance is not so simple. Duncan is a con man, and his assistant is really his mistress, Syrie. The marriage is for property rights, not love. Yet when Duncan is arrested for fraud and sent to jail, Consuela waits for him, believing that he finally loves her.
Edition: Trade hardcover with price on jacket
Condition: Very good. Spine and boards straight, pages tight, no writing, no dirt, jacket bright, normal edgewear and handling.
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