From Lauren Willig, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Ashford Affair, comes The Other Daughter, a tale full of deceit, passion, and revenge.
Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother has died suddenly. Grief-stricken, she returns to the small town in England where she was raised to clear out the cottage...and finds a cutting from a London society magazine, with a photograph of her supposedly deceased father dated all of three months before. He's an earl, respected and influential, and he is standing with another daughter — his legitimate daughter. Which makes Rachel...not legitimate. Everything she thought she knew about herself and her past — even her very name — is a lie.
Still reeling from the death of her mother, and furious at this betrayal, Rachel sets herself up in London under a new identity. There she insinuates herself into the party-going crowd of Bright Young Things, with a steely determination to unveil her father's perfidy and bring his — and her half-sister's — charmed world crashing down. Very soon, however, Rachel faces two unexpected snags: she finds that she genuinely likes her half-sister, Olivia, whose situation isn't as simple it appears; and that she might just be falling for her sister's fiancé...
4 of 4 copies available
4 of 4 copies available
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Release date
July 21, 2015 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781427261687
- File size: 306821 KB
- Duration: 10:39:12
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Languages
- English
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AudioFile Magazine
Nicola Barber's narration offers a delightful assortment of voices that richly portray the characters of this Regency romance. The resonance of Barber's voice captures the determination of Rachel Woodley who, after the death of her mother, makes a startling discovery about the father she believed died years ago. Barber's quickening cadence conveys Rachel's machinations as she and her cousin set about to perpetrate the scam of a lifetime. Crisp diction captures the propriety of these English characters, while a more nasal tone suggests undertones of condescension. With subtlety, Barber reveals Rachel's changing emotions, including her dawning realization that perhaps revenge is not so sweet after all . M.F. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
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