Exit Betty
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072JGC7CG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She finds a way to escape and has the good fortune to happen upon a quick-witted factory girl, Jane Carson, who bundles Betty, frothy wedding gown and all, to her room. They hatch a plan to move Betty to Jane's family in the country. Soon-to-be heiress Betty Stanhope is a runaway bride, but not for the usual reasons - she didn't flee because of a change of heart. Reluctant about the wedding at the outset, the dutiful Betty reaches the altar to find that her groom is a different man altogether and someone she's dreaded most of her life! Before the wedding can proceed, she is taken to a room to recover from her fainting spell. Living with the impoverished Carsons teaches Betty many things: love of family, love of God, and the importance of standing up for herself. When her would-be groom advertises a $5,000 reward for her recovery, the wheels of good and evil are set in motion, and the chase is on!
"Not Hill's best" according to morehumanthanhuman. I enjoyed this book, but it isn't representative of Hill's best.Betty Stanhope, a privileged young woman, runs away from her wedding. Her father is dead and her step-mother, hoping to secure control of Betty's fortune, is attempting to force Betty to marry one of her sons. The step-mother, Mrs. Hutton, has the potential to be the delightfully and decadently evil type in which Hill excels. But, as is the case with multiple components of the book. Voracious Reader said An Early Runaway Bride. Elizabeth Stanhope, or Betty as she is known, becomes a runaway bride. Her stepmother and stepbrothers try to force her to marry the younger stepbrother, whom she despised because of his cruelty. They secretly want to have legal access to her fortune that she knows little about. She reluctantly agrees to marry the older stepbrother, because he is mistreated also and not as loathsome as his younger brother. When she walks down the aisle, however. "A little white heap at the altar" according to upfront_reader. This is a sweet little romance where a persecuted, wealthy bride is rescued by people who have nothing. Betty, heiress to her father's money, is being forced (tricked, actually) by her wicked stepmother to marry her wicked stepbrother (no blood relationship). She effects her escape at the church and is taken in by a young girl who happens to be passing. This young girl, Jane, has no money and few resources, but still manages to help Betty escap