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At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple

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Can you imagine being good for nothing but marriage? Henrietta can't imagine, and decides to take her pittance of an inheritance and turn it into a fortune... but opening a London Sweet Shop? Soon, she and her beautiful partners are in business, working day and night to make lovely pastries,etc, to entice the passersby to patronize her shop. Her unseemly business is a success until the Earl of Carrisdowne catches his young brother and friend ogling the pretty girls behind the counter. A look at Henrietta made the Earl determined to put the place out of business and have her for his own! Says Henrietta..."I DON'T THINK SO!"

This book is Marion Chesiney's early work and also one of her best in my opinion. It worth my time because it is so very highly enjoyable.

I really dug out all the Chesney books available from my local library. I love her best for her dry sense of humor, funny and excellent plots, her witty ways to reveal how men and women's minds operate as far as where romantic relationship concern, as well as their most funny ridiculous way of thinking and behave in those regards.

What can I say? You are sad at the end of the book because you hate to say good-bye to the characters. A fresh, original (avoiding the usual cliches)book. You will want to read this one again and again!

I love Marion Chesney books. I have found them entertaining, they are a quick read and I can count on them. They are chessy- the formula is boy meets girl, one is in love with someone else, there is a threat on there life, someone dies, they end up together and they love happily ever after. Like Barbara Cartland without the extra trim. However, I couldn't read this one- I stopped after the second chapter.