The Beggar Bride: A Novel

By: Gillian White

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Synopsis: Desperate for a new life, a London woman engineers a cunning deception &“in this tangled tale that twists and turns up to the very end&” (Booklist). Angela Harper&’s life has never been simple. She&’s an orphan who spent her childhood in foster homes. Her handsome, charming husband Billy can&’t hold down a job. And they&’re both stuck in a grimy London flat with no prospects for their future beyond the periodic welfare check. That is, until Ange concocts a lie that will change their lives. Her con targets the wealthy, twice-divorced businessman Fabian Ormerod, whom, with the approval of her husband, she is determined to trick into a very advantageous marriage—with a quick divorce to follow. Gillian White&’s cutting, sardonic style unfurls in The Beggar Bride, as she needles England&’s stiff upper crust, the titans of business, and the idle poor below them.