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The Howards don't know who I really am, but I'm learning all their secrets. It seems like the perfect job. The wages are great, and accommodation is provided within the walls of an actual mansion. Not many little girls dream of becoming a maid, but this is an opportunity for me to get back on my feet. And to revisit my past...But the strict housekeeper, Mrs Huxley, watches my every move, emerging from the shadows when I least expect her. And Lord...

It's utterly improper-but can a passion like theirs be kept hidden for long? "Your discretion and good behavior would be most appreciated . . . " Returning from India to Castonbury Park is just another job for Colonel Ross Montague. With his family in disarray, he promises his uncle, the duke, to do his utmost to see order and decorum restored once more. That is until he's sidetracked by the beguiling eyes of Castonbury's newest maid-Lisette. An...

"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I...

Get the Summary of Freida McFadden's The Housemaid in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells...

Young Mary, who hides a romantic relationship with the housemaid, was raised in a repressively religious household. Her family, who believe they are acting on God's behalf, view the girls' relationship as an abomination, to be dealt with as severely as possible. The couple attempts to carry on in secret, but someone is always watching, and the threat to pay for their sins builds. But after the arrival of an enigmatic stranger, the tension increases,...

When her father and stepmother are found brutally murdered on a summer morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden - thirty-two years old and still living at home - immediately becomes a suspect. But after a notorious trial, she is found innocent, and no one is ever convicted of the crime. Meanwhile, others in the claustrophobic Borden household have their own motives and their own stories to tell: Lizzie's unmarried older sister, a put-upon Irish housemaid, and...

Joe Wilmot can't stand his wife Elizabeth. But he sure loves her movie theater. It's a modest establishment in a beat-down town--but Joe has the run of the place, and inside its walls, he's king. Without the theater, he'd be sunk. Without his leadership, the theater would close in a heartbeat. If it isn't the life Joe imagined for himself, at the very least, it's livable. Everything changes when Joe falls for the housemaid Carol, and the two can't...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 My anger against machismo began in my childhood years, when I saw my mother and the housemaids as victims. I became obsessed with justice and developed a visceral reaction to male chauvinism. #2 I was expelled from school at age six, accused of insubordination. It was a prelude to my future, since I was always rebellious. I couldn't have had a better father, but...

The Wicked Lord Montague. Lord Giles Montague has always lived his life just the way he wants - fighting on the battlefields and fighting off the ladies of London's ton. But the notorious Montague is now the heir to Castonbury Park, forcing his reluctant return to the family estate. Since growing up with the Montagues, Miss Lily Seagrove has known that Giles is arrogant, rude... and infuriatingly handsome. But she's of Gypsy heritage, and although...

The arrival of an unexpected guest means trouble ahead for the residents of Thorncroft House in this deftly-plotted Victorian mystery. On a freezing winter's night, with the household in mourning following the death of the dowager Lady Croft, the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Although Lady Stanton seems reluctant to explain the reasons for her visit, housekeeper Harriet Rowsley...