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Benedict Hall #1
June 2013
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Featuring: Margot Benedict; Abraham Blake; Preston Benedict; Frank Parrish
384 pages ISBN: 0758287593 EAN: 9780758287595 Kindle: B00B60D8JI Paperback / e-Book
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Historical
In this richly layered debut novel, Cate Campbell introduces the wealthy Benedict family and takes us behind the grand
doors of their mansion, Benedict Hall. There, family and servants alike must face the challenges wrought by World War I--and
the dawn of a new age brimming with scandal, intrigue, and social change.
Seattle in 1920 is a city in flux. Horse-drawn carriages share the cobblestone streets with newfangled motor cars. Modern
girls bob their hair and show their ankles, cafés defy Prohibition by serving dainty teacups of whisky to returning vets--and
the wartime boom is giving way to a depression. Even within the Benedicts' majestic Queen Anne home, life is changing--above
and below stairs.
Margot, the Benedicts' free-spirited daughter, struggles to succeed as a physician despite gender bias--and personal turmoil.
The household staff, especially longtime butler Abraham Blake, have always tried to protect Margot from her brother Preston's
cruel streak. Yet war has altered Preston too--not for the better. And when a chance encounter brings a fellow army officer
into the Benedict fold, Preston's ruthlessness is triggered to new heights.
An engineer at the fledgling Boeing company, Frank Parrish has been wounded body and soul, and in Margot, he senses a kindred
spirit. But their burgeoning friendship and Preston's growing wickedness will have explosive repercussions for everyone at
Benedict Hall--rich and poor, black and white--as Margot dares to follow her own path, no matter the consequences.
Benedict Hall
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