I Bid One American [Kindle Edition]

Amy Corwin (Author)

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Product Description

She’s an American heiress nobody wants; he’s a Duke every woman is after.
When Nathaniel, Duke of Peckham, meets Charlotte, he’s suspicious of her indifference. Too many women have sought—and failed—to catch him. However, Charlotte is more interested in dead pharaohs than English dukes.
Her pretended immunity vanishes, however, when a debutante seeking to entrap Nathaniel gets murdered. All too soon, his reputation as a misogynist makes him a suspect, and Charlotte impulsively comes to his aide.
Unfortunately, both are unaware that a highwayman interested in rich heiresses is following Charlotte. And that another debutante lies dead in Nathaniel’s carriage.
Some nights just don’t go as planned.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 518 KB
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press; First English Tea Rose Edition edition (May 9, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001ASJTLC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,763 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Amy Corwin is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America and recently joined Mystery Writers of America. She has been writing for the last ten years and managing a career as an enterprise systems administrator in the computer industry. She writes Regencies/historicals, mysteries, and contemporary paranormals. To be truthful, most of her books include a bit of murder and mayhem since she discovered that killing off at least one character is a highly effective way to make the remaining ones toe the plot line.

In her spare time she gardens and has won several awards at local rose shows for her Old Garden and English roses. She has also been a birdwatcher and got her first Peterson's Field Guide when she was seven years old.

Join her and discover that every good mystery has a touch of romance.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A free-spirited American girl in mannered England, February 17, 2010

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candykean "candykean" (Iowa, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Bid One American (Paperback)

What a fun novel! Henry James broke my heart with Isabel Archer in "Portrait of a Lady," but Amy Corwin gives us the kind of heroine we love, ambitious, intelligent, outspoken, free-spirited and determined never to give up her independence no matter who seeks her hand in marriage. Not even the most charming, titled, sought-after bachelor in town will tempt her. (Of course, she *might* underestimate his sweetness and sex appeal...)

Unlike the famously ill-fated Isabel, this American heroine in Europe realizes that a woman just might be able to travel, study and see the world while escorted by a handsome husband. Marriage might place limits on some women's freedom, but a woman like Charlotte will find a free-spirited man who is equally terrified of the institution of marriage. --No, this is not a plot spoiler, this is a romance, so we know Charlotte will not end up a spinster or a miserable wife.

In the midst of Charlotte's journey to self-discovery and a lifelong partnership, this story is filled with murder, mayhem, adventure and surprises. Charlotte's guardians, the Archers, are delightful and wickedly funny people, even if they do live in "stuffy" British society.

This "whodunnit" keeps us guessing to the end, but we may be sure our hero has no blood on his hands, no matter how much circumstantial evidence builds around him. And we'll be sure to read Amy's next novel, in which (rumor has it) the Archers and the Bow Street detective will once again delight faithful readers.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long and Short Reviews--5 Book rating!, June 7, 2008

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Amy Goebel Padgett "AGP" (Clarkton, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Bid One American (Kindle Edition)

--Here is the conclusion from the review by Long and Short Reviews

Filled with colorful characters with peculiar traits, this novel held me spellbound as I raced through its pages. The author does a wonderful job of portraying Charlotte with her strong American beliefs of equality but also a respect for the authority that she is under. Even though she does not like going to the balls, she accompanies the Archers since they are her guardians. I was also able to identify with her, especially regarding the fact that she spoke before she thought. That is a fault many people can own up to. The mystery is also very well developed and solved in a timely manner with a surprise ending that I was unable to guess.

This was a great read and Ms. Corwin has written an outstanding novel.

--Reviewed by Jasmin for LONG and SHORT Reviews