The Girl in the Gatehouse
by:
Julie Klassen (author)
Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret.Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England...
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Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret.Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England successful and wealthy after the Napoleonic wars, leases an impressive estate from a cash-poor nobleman, determined to show the society beauty who once rejected him what a colossal mistake she made. When he discovers an old gatehouse on the property, he is immediately intrigued by its striking young inhabitant and sets out to uncover her identity, and her past. But the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he must distance himself. Falling in love with an outcast would ruin his well-laid plans. The old gatehouse holds secrets of its own. Can Mariah and Captain Bryant uncover them before the cunning heir to the estate buries them forever?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780764207082 (0764207083)
ASIN: 764207083
Publish date: January 1st 2011
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
A few too many coincidences but still very enjoyable.
I had a difficult time getting into this book at first. About 75 pages in, the story popped and was a really sweet and pleasantly romantic read. Although it was Christian fiction, it wasn't beaten down the reader's throat. In fact, I didn't even realize it was Christian fiction until I looked into i...