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A story set in New York in the 1870s, about a young, poor, white man from the South who decides he is going to be somebody no matter the cost. I quit reading this book after three chapters and some skimming. The author does a nice job of describing the time and place, but I don't have it in my to read romance right now and this is very much that. Sappy women who go all weak kneed when an aggressive but handsome man forces them to kiss him and the man in question is not very interesting. Anyway, this book might appeal to some, but not to me. ( )