Samuel Hopkins Adams 
Wanted: A Husband / A Novel 

"Wanted: A Husband" by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a novel about a frumpy young woman who gets help from a more glamorous friend to make herself over. She falls in love with man she thinks is unavailable, and staves off other suitors with a lie about an eng fiancee which she comes to regret when people insist on meeting him. Hijinks involving assumed identities ensue…