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Berkley
January 2017
On Sale: January 3, 2017
400 pages
ISBN: 0451472101
EAN: 9780451472106
Kindle: B01E4WAGA8
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Women's Fiction Historical
From the acclaimed author of The Last Summer, a captivating and moving story of the unlikely relationship between a lady and her maid on the eve of World War I.
As I watched himโhis long legs striding the narrow path through the heather, his golden hair catching the sunโI had a hideous feeling in the pit of my stomach. For it seemed as though he was already marching away from me.
In 1914, despite the clouds of war threatening Europe, Pearl Gibsonโs future is bright. She has secured a position as a ladyโs maid to a wealthy Northumberland aristocrat, a job that will win her not only respect but an opportunity to travel and live in luxury. Her new life at Lady Ottoline Campbellโs Scottish summer estate is a whirlwind of intrigue and glamour, scandals and confidencesโand surprisingly, a strange but intimate friendship with her employer.
But when violence erupts in Europe, Pearl and Ottolineโs world is irrevocably changed. As the men in their lives are called to the front lines, leaving them behind to anxiously brace for bad news, Pearl realizes she must share one final secret with her mistressโa secret that will bind them together forever...
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