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02099aam a2200229 i 4500 001 B3878F4AE8AE11ED9CDDC11555ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230502010046 008 220603s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1420155059 020 $a 9781420155051 035 $a (OCoLC)1322810228 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCO $d IEB $d LIQ $d LMJ $d OCLCF $d SILO 100 1 $a Putney, Mary Jo, $e author. 245 10 $a Lady of fortune / $c Mary Jo Putney. 264 1 $a New York : $b Zebra Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 380 pages ; $c 18 cm 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 mistress's husband and her lover gets Christa cast into the street--directly into a hero's 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 Kingsleys--especially 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?" -- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 2 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20230822012421.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230502010956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B3878F4AE8AE11ED9CDDC11555ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search