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Miss Cordelia Hamilton‑King, weary of her family's idle aristocratic life, rejects her father's assistance and takes a position as secretary for Captain Alexander Frankland at Stanfield Hall in Norfolk. The young captain, newly restored to his ancestral home after the war, has deep connections with the Hamilton‑King family that Miss Cordelia is unaware of. Her increasing affection for her employer and the small deception she introduces quickly spirals into wider turmoil, testing the manners and customs of their upper‑class surroundings.
Set against the backdrop of post‑war English society, the story explores themes of social expectations, the roles of servants and secretaries, and the complexity of love within rigid hierarchies.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Helen Dickson
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