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02295aam a2200313 a 4500 001 5A591FBE367A11EE805C0C4E51ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230809010227 008 060913s2023 meu d 000 1 eng 020 $a 9780786290307 020 $a 0786290307 (U.S. hardcover : lg. print : alk. paper) 020 $a 9788885786325 020 $a 8885786324 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 10 $a PS3566.U83 $b L33 2006 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 22 100 1 $a Putney, Mary Jo., $d 2023. 245 10 $a Lady of fortune / $c Mary Jo Putney. 250 $a Large print ed. 260 $a Waterville, Me. : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 567 p. (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Regency fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 520 $a A countess turned servant . . .Forced to escape the French Revolution, resilient young Comtesse Marie-Christine D'Estelle flees to London. But when she finds herself unexpectedly penniless, Christa hides her aristocratic background to become a lady's maid. . . . Until rebuffing advances from both her tyrannical mistressâs husband and her lover gets Christa cast into the streetâdirectly into a heroâs arms . . .A Royal Navy commander . . .After a long absence, Captain Lord Alexander Kingsley has returned to England on medical leave. Now head of his family, he must take charge of his younger siblings. He feels a special duty to his sister Annabelle, a shy debutante in need of a maid. So Alex is delighted to discover that the intriguing, outspoken, and lovely young woman who serendipitously landed in his arms is in need of just such a position . . .The heart of a household . . .With her warmth, charm, and surprisingly refined intellect, Christa soon wins the hearts of all the Kingsleysâespecially Alex. And while their mutual attraction deepens to something more, the gap in their social stations seems an impossible obstacle. Only when Alex and Annabelle become the targets of fortune hunters, will the truth about Christa have a chance to be revealed. But will it mean a chance for true love to triumph? 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20230809010321.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5A591FBE367A11EE805C0C4E51ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search