Annie of London Author:L.A. Rikand At 25, Annie Smithton finally meets the man... ...who is definitely not what her parents had in mind when they paid for her Ivy League education. — She throws her hat over the ocean, leaving her parents' dreams behind in a cloud of dust. Her heart's desire is London co-worker Joe Barlow, and in an after-hours haze of music and ale, Annie finally ... more »lives.
Back in New York, her father falls ill and their family company becomes a target. With the founder out of commission, the corporate vultures circle in hope of acquiring Smithton's assets and spreading them with the winds.
She must choose where her loyalty lies: in preserving the Smithton family legacy, or with her new employer, where she is an equity partner and a rising star in her own--un-inherited--right. Tangled in her choice is Joe, whose provincial Irish roots are planted far away from the golden towers of the Smithtons.« less