Histrom for all: Entrepreneurs
I love a heroine with a business plan and these four books deliver. I’m at the letter E and already repeating authors, but these books came to the top of my mind when I thought of FMCs with the entrepreneurial spirit.
Who are your favorite enterprising FMCs?
Holding onto Love by Carol Coventry
Vanessa is a war widow who became the mistress of Jasper, the Earl of Iversley. She retreated to a small town once Jasper began his courtship to find his countess. There, she starts to make a life for herself. She collaborates with a small boot making company that employs injured soldiers. She helps them find a new customer base by marketing floral engraved boots for ladies by using her connections to London’s most fashionable.
The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy
Hanna is a bonesetter trained by her father since she was a young girl. Working out of a small office in her family’s home, she heals Viscount Griffin’s war injuries left untreated by even the most prestigious doctors. She dreams of securing funds to open a real clinic to expand her practice and better serve the community. Unfortunately, once she finally opens the doors to her clinic, she must defend her practice from the medical professionals who undermine her work.
In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra Vasti
Winnie just wants to be a sheep farmer, but the world is not set up for unmarried women to become business women. In order to set up her farm and successful woolen yarn and thread business, she creates a fictional estranged husband, Spencer Halifax, to gain independence. Turns out the name she created from the top of her head is a real person, and now she’s married to him. Ooops. They travel to London to take care of this and other matters from her past that follow her.
A Duke for Diana by Sabrina Jeffries
Diana and her sisters are pushed to the outskirts of society following the scandalous behavior of their parents. Their life growing up among the ton has provided them with the knowledge and talent they need to start Elegant Occasions. These three sisters run this party planning business to plan the most premier events in London and advising debutantes entering society. New to the peerage, an unexpected duke Geoffrey hires their services to present his sister in hopes of securing her a match.
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