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1recklessred
racking my brain going crazy trying to remember this book. can't remember the author or title or character names but know the plot entirely.
Petite (blonde?) arrives in a America with her Maid, must support them both. her mother was a prima ballerina so she begins to dance at the local saloon. not your typical saloon girl though, she has her own entrance, wears a mask when she dances & uses an alias. A wealthy land owner feels pity for her virginal self and courts her during the day , while visiting her alter ego in the evening. Fostering a growing attraction & feeling emboldened by her disguise she allows him an audience with her. this becomes a nightly meeting Her maid warns her she's playing with fire they consummate their relationship he is shocked to discover she was a virgin. he proposes to her virginal alter ego. she becomes pregnant and confesses as the dancer that she is with child.He vows take care of her and the child by keeping her as his mistress. he had married vestal virgin alter ego already, but had not consummated for fear of hurting her. many misunderstandings occur: she gets mad that he would cheat on her with herself? he realizes his virginal wife isn't a virgin and never completes consummation , &then believes his wife is pregnant by another man. there's a mine collapse & she performs cpr on him. he's paralyzed by injuries sustained in the mine collapse. she nurses him back to health he walks again, they straighten out all their deceptions. happily ever after..... ring any bells anyone??
Petite (blonde?) arrives in a America with her Maid, must support them both. her mother was a prima ballerina so she begins to dance at the local saloon. not your typical saloon girl though, she has her own entrance, wears a mask when she dances & uses an alias. A wealthy land owner feels pity for her virginal self and courts her during the day , while visiting her alter ego in the evening. Fostering a growing attraction & feeling emboldened by her disguise she allows him an audience with her. this becomes a nightly meeting Her maid warns her she's playing with fire they consummate their relationship he is shocked to discover she was a virgin. he proposes to her virginal alter ego. she becomes pregnant and confesses as the dancer that she is with child.He vows take care of her and the child by keeping her as his mistress. he had married vestal virgin alter ego already, but had not consummated for fear of hurting her. many misunderstandings occur: she gets mad that he would cheat on her with herself? he realizes his virginal wife isn't a virgin and never completes consummation , &then believes his wife is pregnant by another man. there's a mine collapse & she performs cpr on him. he's paralyzed by injuries sustained in the mine collapse. she nurses him back to health he walks again, they straighten out all their deceptions. happily ever after..... ring any bells anyone??
2silverbooks
nope but sure sounds like Barbara Taylor Bradford read-alike...or maybe it is a Barbara Taylor Bradford book - I've never read her but I did watch a tv movie in the 80s that sounds like this but it was a department store type of thing...I'll let you know if I run across this plot. good luck!
3recklessred
Found it Golden Paradise Constance O'Banyon Yay me!!
