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A Lady of Esteem
Christian romance
A Lady of Esteem
Book 0.5 of the Hawthorne House series
159 pages · First published 2015
Amelia Stalwood has lived on the fringes of London society and uses what access she has to quietly help servants and other people overlooked by the aristocracy. When she becomes involved in a situation touching the influential Hawthorne family, her efforts draw the attention of Anthony, whose assumptions about her do not survive close acquaintance. Social rank and reputation complicate a relationship built through acts of service rather than fashionable display. This Hawthorne House prequel novella introduces the family’s world through a heroine whose quiet influence proves that esteem can be earned in places society rarely bothers to look.
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