But eerie sounds at night and footprints in the dust reveal she isn't the only one secretly searching the house. Hoping to restore her family's finances-and her dowry-Abigail looks for this supposed treasure. The handsome local curate welcomes them, but though he and his family seem acquainted with the manor's past, the only information they offer is a stern warning: Beware trespassers drawn by rumors that Pembrooke Park contains a secret room filled with treasure. The Fosters journey to imposing Pembrooke Park and are startled to find it entombed as it was abruptly left: tea cups encrusted with dry tea, moth-eaten clothes in wardrobes, a doll's house left mid-play.
She fears she will end up a spinster, especially as she has little dowry, and the one man she thought might marry her seems to have fallen for her younger, prettier sister.įacing financial ruin, Abigail and her father search for more affordable lodgings, until a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant manor house abandoned for eighteen years. On her journey from wellborn lady to servant to uncertain future, Margaret must learn to look past appearances and find the true meaning of "serve one another in love."Ībigail Foster is the practical daughter. Should she come forward, even at the risk of her reputation and perhaps her life? And can she avoid an obvious trap meant to force her from hiding? Is it too late to rekindle his admiration? And when one of the family is nearly killed, Margaret alone discovers who was responsible. Observing both brothers as an "invisible" servant, Margaret learns she may have misjudged Nathaniel. But can she remain hidden as a servant even when prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall? If she can last until her next birthday, she will gain an inheritance from a spinster aunt-and sweet independence. Praying no one will recognize her, Margaret fumbles through the first real work of her life.
With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she once rejected in hopes of winning his dashing brother.
Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man.
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