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At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple

The Love and Temptation Series, Book 2

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At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple

Written by: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
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"I do not think I want to be married at all. I want to be rich. Very rich…."

When Henrietta Bascombe opens a confectionary shop in order to turn her pittance of an inheritance into a fortune, her friends are shocked to hear of such a well-bred lady going into trade. The earl of Carrisdown is both drawn to and repelled by her shop-girl status.

Undaunted, Henrietta proceeds to hang out the traditional confectioners' sign of a golden pineapple and soon finds a set of beautiful women in her employ, drawing the attention of Earl of Carrisdown's younger brother and best friend. Distressed by the situation, the Earl makes it his mission to put Henrietta out of business. But he looks forward to tangling with the fiery sweetshop owner more than he's willing to admit.

©2013 Marion Chesney (P)2013 AudioGO Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Romance Romance
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OK story. Great performance. Don’t want to give away the plot, just not as good as the ones in a series. The Poor Relationships series has some of the same items as both were about food if I remember correctly.

Enjoyed the story.

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I like the heroine Henrietta. She was ahead of her time with her risk taking and entrepreneurial spirit. I really like it that instead of keeping her fortuitous inheritance for herself, she chose a path to become not only a self-sustained independent woman, at the same time she also provided a way out of misery and poverty for her friends. A very noble deed. On the other hand, I find little to recommend the hero. He was a lord with money, title, social prestige and good look - none of them self-made. Although not a villain, earlier in the story with self interest and bias he set out on a smear campaign against Henrietta's shop. He toyed with others' livelihood with no qualm. Although he later changed his mind about Henrietta and her shop and ceased his little campaign, I was very put off by his self-righteousness and narrow-mindedness (likely very common in that society of that time) and how he quickly assumed the worst of Henrietta upon hearing an untruth about her. For someone who felt he was in love, his love was very self-serving. Even when they reconciled at the end, he did not once admit to her his erroneous ways, nor did he own up to his hurtful actions by acknowledging to anyone the hurt he inflicted on Henrietta and others. I was disappointed when she took him back so quickly at the end. He certainly got off easily... well, he did later play a big part in helping to avert a disaster that could have devastated Henrietta and her business; perhaps that was his way of making amends. Regardless, this is overall a good and well narrated story, although I feel it could have been concluded with less haste and with a bit more room for the secondary characters to also realize their HEA.

An interesting and rather enjoyable story

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Not her best work but quite enjoyable. Sometimes the narrator annoyed me, but overall it was good.

Good for rainy days

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