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A reluctant belle  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

A reluctant belle / by Beth White.

White, Beth, 1957- (author.).

Summary:

1870. Impoverished Southern belle Joelle Daughtry has been helping her sisters in their quest to turn the run-down family plantation into a resort hotel. But by night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the local paper in support of the construction of a Negro school. With the Mississippi arm of the Ku Klux Klan gaining power and prestige, she is playing a dangerous game. Childhood enemy and current investor in the Daughtry house renovation Schuyler Beaumont takes over his assassinated father's candidacy for state office. In order to protect her family, Joelle and Schuyler develop a united public front. -- adapted from back cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 1432867482
  • ISBN: 9781432867485
  • Physical Description: 479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Sequel to: A rebel heart.
Subject: Freed persons > Fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Fiction.
Teachers > Fiction.
Women plantation owners > Fiction.
Mississippi > 19th century > Fiction.
Southern States > History > 1865-1877 > Fiction.
Genre: Large print books.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Christian fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library LP FICTION WHITE 2019 (Text) 0001002226650 Large Print Available -
Pulaski County Library-Crocker F LgP Whi (Text) 33642010080760 Large Print Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-New Haven LP FIC WHI (Text) 3006844904 Large Print Fiction Available -


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