Fleeing a dishonorable man, Margaret abandons her pampered upper-class world for an anonymous life "below stairs." But will danger or love find her first?

In post-World War II England, a clever, young woman named Mary Adams finds herself thrust into a world of privilege and secrets as she transitions from being a wartime factory worker to a maid in the grand estates. Positioned at a new estate, Mary overhears something she shouldn't. When the only person who knew the truth is found dead, Mary vows to unravel the mystery shrouded in the lavish mansion.... "Very entertaining. I highly recommend this...

Cinderella's new start begins at the altar in this marriage-of-convenience romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham! From runaway to housekeeper to the Italian's wife! When Enzo stops to help a broken-down car, he's shocked by his discovery. Skye is frightened, on the run and with tiny siblings in tow. Enzo's honor dictates he offer them sanctuary and Skye a job. But could their simmering attraction solve another problem--his need for...

Carrying her pail of milk upon her head, a milkmaid daydreams of what she will purchase once she sells the milk at market. But the milk is spilt before the maid can sell it, and thus readers learn the phrase 'don't count your chickens before they're hatched.' Additional features include pages defining fables and morals, an introduction to Aesop, a Think-About-It section, activities for further learning, and an introduction to both the author and illustrator....

"Fourteenth-century Europe. The Black Death has killed half the known world, and in an isolated convent, a small group of nuns spends their days in work, austerity, and devotion, chanting the Liturgy of the Hours. But their community is threatened. Rumorsof heresy and a scandalous Book of Ursula, based on the teachings of the charismatic former abbess and founder of the order, have prompted the male church hierarchy to launch an investigation. As...

In this intense, funny, terrifying psychological suspense short story, Eugene and Christopher are at odds about only one topic. What to do about the dead maid on their hotel room floor.

Plague and fire will pull them asunder. But love will overcome. In a privileged role as Maid of Honor to the Queen of England, Miss Mary Hook should be content, but her companions' lack of morals makes her miserable. When the plague forces the Royal court to leave London, Mary is happy to leave the vice and frivolity behind… Only to find that the reputation of light-skirts follows her, regardless of how wrong the assumption is. Back home in the...

He thought he was finished rescuing damsels in distress. After all, hadn't playing hero gotten millionaire Devlyn Wolff into enough trouble? Still, when a car accident lands Gillian Carlyle at his feet, he can't walk away even when he learns of her connection to his past. Giving Gillian a job with his new business venture is not Devlyn's way of assuaging age-old guilt. Nor is it a way to keep her close. At least he tells himself that, even as he knows...

The spellbinding, seductive tale of a noblewoman who takes the place of her identical twin in marriage to the Norman invader who has seized their home All her life, Linnea de Valcourt has been reviled as the cursed daughter of Maidenstone Castle. The younger of identical twins, she narrowly escaped a death sentence at birth. To save her beloved sister from marriage to the savage Norman conqueror who has laid siege to their castle, Linnea will sacrifice...

The play loosely follows the life of Joan of Arc. It contains a prologue introducing the important characters, followed by five acts. Each dramatizes a significant event in Joan's life.