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Gallery Books
February 2013
On Sale: January 29, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 1451673256
EAN: 9781451673258
Kindle: B007EE4N80
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Historical
A passionate historical debut novel about a young woman in
turn-of-the-century England who finds love and independence
at a seashore resort. In Victorian London, there’s only so far an unmarried woman
can go, and Betsey Dobson has relied on her wits and cunning
to take herself as far as she can—to a position as a
typewriter girl. But still, Betsey yearns for something
more…so when she’s offered a position as the excursions
manager at a seaside resort, she knows this is her chance
for security, for independence, for an identity forged by
her own work and not a man’s opinion. Underqualified for the
job and on the wrong side of the aristocratic resort owner,
Betsey struggles to prove herself and looks to the one
person who can support her new venture: Mr. Jones, the
ambitious Welshman building the resort’s pleasure fair. As
she and Mr. Jones grow ever closer, Betsey begins to dream
that she might finally have found her place in the world—but
when her past returns to haunt her, she must fight for what
she’s worked so hard…or risk losing everything. This eloquent debut novel displays firm propriety barely
restraining seething passion—a sizzling combination
reminiscent of Downton Abbey.
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