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At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple
- The Love and Temptation Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
- Series: Love and Temptation, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Categories: Romance, Historical
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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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-24-17
Romance with controlling/verbally abusive swain
I normally love M.C Beaton's romances. But found myself screaming at my phone for the heroine Miss Bascom to run the other way when the hero proposed by threatening to beat her. Not sure how this could ever be considered "romantic" even in the early 1900's. With spousal abuse so common this made me want to throw my phone.
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- K
- 08-28-18
So bad
I like her written style normally, but this book is terrible. The ‘love story’ ends with the woman being threatened that if she doesn’t marry him he’ll wring her neck. Disgusting. Also, another one where she fat shames people a ton. Really gross.
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- Laurie S
- 11-19-19
Unique storyline
Although Marion Chesney tends to use many of the same descriptions in quite a few of her books, this one was slightly different, which made it more interesting. I very much like this narrator, though some spots were a little slow, so I speed up the rate a skosh.
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- Liza Savage-Katz
- 07-12-18
Sexist and disrespectful story for women.
Such a sad and disempowering story for women. Heroine is pathetic choosing such a masochistic man for her fiancée.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-10-16
Romantic Confection
Delicious characters, novel plot, interesting background setting in a Regency confectionary all add up to a delightful tale well told.
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- RB
- 05-12-14
ho hum
What disappointed you about At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple?
MC Beaton's cozy mysteries are fun. This one wasn't horrible but I certainly won't bother to listen to it again.
What do you think your next listen will be?
not the next one in this series!