"Pride and the Peddler"

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The daughter of a wealthy Chicago investor, the only thing Julie Beaufort loves more than her luxurious home is her family. But when her father’s outrageous spending threatens to topple her family’s finances, Julie agrees to marry a rich textbook publisher—an opportunistic and arrogant man she could never respect, love, or honor. Without her consent, the wedding date is set and the invitations ordered. But with Julie’s mother wasting away in a pricey sanitarium and a devastating accident that affects her little sister, Julie knows that she is stuck. Ending the wedding would only ruin her family. Walter Vogel, a poor German peddler, wants nothing more than to return to Germany. He can’t seem to make enough money to survive, and his accent and dingy suit only earn him stern looks. But when Walter witnesses a scandal and lands a well-paying job in exchange for his silence, he puts aside his dreams of returning home so he can have a little taste of luxury. Suddenly entrenched in a world of money, he finds himself in the midst of Julie, the beautiful, kind woman whom he most definitely must not fall in love with. She’s his boss’s fiancée, after all! Not that his boss is a decent man who deserves her. Although Walter despises Julie’s betrothed, Walter is torn between staying silent or speaking out about the scandal. Julie’s happiness and future—whether with or without Walter—is on the line. This full-length standalone novel is a sweet historical romance with a happily ever after.