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Jenny Penny, born out of wedlock to an unnamed baron, takes employment as a maid with the matchmaking Featherton Sisters. Determined to escape her modest origins, Jenny is selected as the sisters’ project and their hope that she can secure a marriage with Lord Argyll. Set against a Regency backdrop, the story follows her ambitions within the constraints of her social standing.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Kathryn Caskie
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