Nearly a Lady

Johnson, Alissa

ISBN 10: 161173195X ISBN 13: 9781611731958

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Winnefred Blythe learned at a young age to make do with very little. Following the death of her father, she taught herself to live on a pauper's allowance -- until a charming visitor promises her the funds that had been stolen from her through the years. But Freddie isn't comfortable with the trappings of money or with the attentions of this handsome stranger from London.

After the war, Lord Gideon Haverston resolved to never again burden himself with the troubles of others. Still, he was expecting to be treated better by the beautiful, if eccentric, Winnefred Blythe, the young woman his stepmother cheated out of house and home. Freddie didn't trust high society types and had no desire to join their ranks. The situation is more complicated than Gideon had expected. The task of taming Winnefred Blythe seems impossible, but Gideon is compelled to keep trying . . .

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"Johnson beautifully tells a rags-to-riches tale in this story of familial duplicity and greed. After his father dies, the Marquess of Engsly discovers that his sire had taken in a ward and was sending yearly payments to her. Is the ward still alive on the family's Scottish estate? Engsly asks his brother, Lord Gideon Haverston, lately retired from the navy, to investigate. What Gideon finds are two women living hand to mouth in the run-down horror known as Murdock House. Winnefred Blythe, the ward, and Lilly Ilestone, her companion, have been living on only five pounds a year, taking in wash and mending to add to their income, because Engsly's stepmother pockets the rest of the allotted funds each year. While Gideon arranges to have them repaid and provides a London season to find them husbands, he falls in love with the charming Winnefred. Johnson's delightful characters and honest dialogue enhance the transformation of not only the girls, but also their savior." — Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 161173195X
• ISBN 13: 9781611731958
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 431