The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin is a delightful historical romance novel that moves its readers to the turn of the twentieth century. The story tells us about Cora Cash, an American heiress whose family mansion in Newport rivals even the Vanderbilts’. When Cora travels abroad with her mother to seek a titled husband, she unexpectedly becomes the Duchess of Wareham, married to the elusive and secretive Ivo, England’s most eligible bachelor.