The Heiress Hunt (Fifth Avenue Rebels #1)

by Joanna Shupe, Justine Eyre (Read by)

Overview

USA Today Bestselling Author

“Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!”—Sarah MacLean

High society reprobate.

An unconventional heiress.

Childhood friends.

 

Is it too late...

Knickerbocker scoundrel Harrison Archer returns to New York to discover that his deceased father has bankrupted his estranged family. To save them from ruin, he’s forced to quickly find and marry an heiress. For a matchmaker, Harrison turns to the one woman he wishes he could marry: his childhood friend and true love, Maddie, who once broke his heart and is now engaged to a duke.

 

For true love? 

When her best friend Harrison left for Paris without a word, Maddie Webster took refuge in her infatuation with tennis. Now Harrison is back and needs her help in finding a bride. Begrudgingly, Maddie arranges a house party in Newport with a guest list of eligible heiresses. But watching Harrison flirt with potential brides is more than she can bear.

 

When Harrison and Maddie reunite, the passion between them ignites. But with their marriages to others looming, time is running out. Is their fate inescapable . . .or can love set them free?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781799950080
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/09/2021
Series:	Fifth Avenue Rebels Series , #1
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

A USA Today bestselling author, Joanna Shupe has always loved history, ever since she saw her first Schoolhouse Rock cartoon. Her books have appeared on numerous yearly “best of” lists, including Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Kobo, and BookPage. She lives in New Jersey with her two spirited daughters and dashing husband. 

Editorial Reviews

"This is friends-to-lovers romance at its finest, with an endearing Gilded Age couple who are clearly made for each other. Shupe fans will welcome this first installment in a new series." — Library Journal (starred review)

From the Publisher

2021-01-27
In Gilded Age New York, a tennis champion is torn between a duke and her childhood best friend.

Maddie Webster and Harrison Archer grew up promenading on Fifth Avenue and playing in Newport. Although they are both from the same rarefied New York society circles, their home lives couldn’t be more different: Maddie’s family is loving and caring, fully supporting her dreams of becoming a women’s tennis champion; meanwhile, Harrison’s family is cold and cruel, always treating him as a worthless second son. Three years earlier, Harrison intended to offer for Maddie but was crushed to realize she thought of him like a brother. Hurt and disappointed in Maddie and furious that his family disowned him when he tried to stop his father's abuse of the housemaid, Harrison fled to Paris. Now his family has called him home. After his father’s death, his older brother’s gross mismanagement of Archer Industries has left the company in shambles. Harrison’s family wants him to marry an heiress to infuse cash into the business, not knowing he’s planning to wrest full control of the company by becoming the majority stockholder. Maddie’s betrothal to the Duke of Lockwood is all but assured, so she offers to host a house party to introduce Harrison to her friends. Harrison accepts her offer, intending to steal Maddie away from the Duke while he purchases the remaining stock he needs. The individual strands of Shupe’s busy plot aren’t effectively braided together. Harrison’s revenge plot against his family is introduced but then put on hold while he courts Maddie. The late-stage conflict between the lovers seems to be manufactured to elongate the plot rather than an organic outgrowth of their characters.

The first book in a new romance series fails to coalesce.

Kirkus Reviews