Charm School (Mira Historical Romance)

by SusanWiggs (Author)

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  Mass Market Paperback
  2008

  $3.47

  Book 1 of the Calhoun Chronicles by #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs.Boston and Rio de Janeiro, 1851An awkward misfit in an accomplished Boston family, Isadora Peabody yearns to escape her social isolation and sneaks aboard the Silver Swan, bound for Rio, leaving it all behind.Ryan Calhoun, too, had a good family name. But he'd purposely walked away from everything it afforded him. Driven by his quest to right an old wrong, the fiery, temperamental sea captain barely registers the meek young woman who comes aboard his ship.To the Swan's motley crew, the tides of attraction clearly flow between the two. Teaching her the charms of a lady, they hope to build the confidence she needs to attract not only their lonely captain's attention, but his heart, as well. For everyone knows the greatest charms are not those of the formal lady, but rather the possibilities of a new world built on love.A historical romance.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $6.09

  When a young woman from a renowned Boston family takes her chance at freedom by signing on as the intepreter for the Silver Swan she blossoms into a beautiful young lady. Can the captain contain his fiery feelings?'