Based on the family from the best-sellingLove in a Nutshell,the story of an heiress longing to marry for love or not at all. From theNew York Timesbest-selling writing duo Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, comes the story of a young woman’s search for true love.CarolineMaxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, andhis friend Jack Culhane on their adventures. While Jack and Eddie areoff seeing the world, buying up businesses and building wildlysuccessful careers, Caroline's stuck at home frightening off the men hermother hopes will ask for her hand in marriage.When her mothersets her sights on the questionable Lord Bremerton as a possiblesuitor, Caroline struggles with her instincts and the true nature of herheart. She longs for adventure, passion, love, and most of all...JackCulhane, an unconventional Irish-American bachelor with new money and notitle. A completely unacceptable suitor in the eyes of Caroline'smother. But Caroline's dark hair, brilliant eyes and quick wit have Jackunderstanding just why it is people fall in love and get married.Set in New York City in 1894,The Husband Listis an American gilded-age romantic mystery. It evokes memories of thelavish lifestyles and social expectations of the Vanderbilts andRockefellers - a time when new money from the Americas married Old Worldsocial prestige and privilege. Dresses by Worth, transcontinental oceanvoyages, lavish parties, a little intrigue, and a lot of romance awaitinThe Husband List.