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Love Letters From a Duke Love Letters From a Duke Elizabeth Boyle He's at her service . . .Though she can't afford the coal to heat her drafty Mayfair mansion, Felicity Langley still clings to her dream of marrying a duke—one she's had since her very first curtsy. … OL1000063W
The history of Henry Milner, a little boy The history of Henry Milner, a little boy Mrs. Mary Martha (Butt) Sherwood Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL1087659W
Climbing the stairs Climbing the stairs Margaret Powell The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she mee… OL11333935W
The Help The Help Kathryn Stockett Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi… OL11999891W
White Banners White Banners Lloyd C. Douglas **A heartening story of a domestic servant who molded wisely the lives of her employers and their children, knowing that service, whether as servant or king, is a noble destiny.** **Lloyd Cassel D… OL12589W
Pirate's Promise Pirate's Promise Peter Burchard,Clyde Robert Bulla Against his will, a young boy is separated from his sister and sold as a bonded servant, but the good-hearted pirate captain who rescues him makes possible a happier future. OL12644W
Le dilemme de Jackson Le dilemme de Jackson Iris Murdoch On the eve of their wedding, Edward Lannion and Marian Berran are led away onto dark and strange paths, while their friends and lovers are forced to make new and surprising choices. Watching over all… OL1326326W
The Book of Household Management The Book of Household Management Mrs. Beeton "No home is complete without this classic guide to cookery and home management. The ideal gift book, it contains hundreds of recipes, full menus and hints for cooks. Beeton's Book of Household Manage… OL1463273W
Leaving the Bellweathers Leaving the Bellweathers Kristin Clark Venuti The young Bellweathers–fourteen-year-old Spider, thirteen-year-old Ninda, and the ten-year-old triplets, Brick, Spike, and Sassy–and their equally peculiar parents have brought constant chaos to the … OL14981469W
Robber baron's daughter Robber baron's daughter Jamila Gavin Twelve-year-old Nettie's sheltered and privileged life changes after her beloved tutor mysteriously disappears and Nettie, aided by the son of a household employee, begins to learn the truth about he… OL15038905W
Clover Twig and the magical cottage Clover Twig and the magical cottage Johanna Wright,Kaye Umansky Capable and hardworking ten-year-old Clover Twig takes a job as housekeeper for a messy witch, Demelza, but while Demelza is away Clover and an accident-prone neighbor boy must defend the weird cotta… OL15082418W
Hawkins Hawkins Barbara Brooks Wallace Harvey's parents hope to break their son's habit of collecting free things when he wins the free services of a gentleman's gentleman for a month. OL15215326W
Tell us we're home Tell us we're home Marina Tamar Budhos Three immigrant girls from different parts of the world meet and become close friends in a small New Jersey town where their mothers have found domestic work, but their relationships are tested when … OL15440240W
By royal command By royal command Mary Hooper As a reward for saving Queen Elizabeth's life, teenaged Lucy, now firmly established in Dr. Dee's household, is asked to secretely work as a spy for the queen but strange ghostly cries in the house p… OL15443991W
Possessed Possessed Kate Cann Sixteen-year-old Rayne escapes London, her mother, and boyfriend for a job in the country at Morton's Keep, where she is drawn to a mysterious clique and its leader, St. John, but puzzles over whethe… OL15468461W
The Golem's latkes The Golem's latkes Eric A. Kimmel Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel visits the Emperor, leaving a new housemaid to prepare for his Hanukkah party, but returns to find that she has misused the clay man he created. Includes historical and c… OL15473095W
Consumed Consumed Kate Cann A new manager brings many changes to Morton's Keep, capitalizing on its gothic atmosphere and history, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil pres… OL15571398W
Sid Seal, houseman Sid Seal, houseman Will Watkins Waltham de Swine, a young pig in a rather wealthy family, finds his life much enlivened when an irrepressible seal comes to work in his home. OL15845136W
Sins of the House of Borgia Sins of the House of Borgia Sarah Bower Violante isn't supposed to be here, in one of the grandest courts of Renaissance Italy. She isn't supposed to be a lady-in-waiting to the beautiful Lucrezia Borgia. But the same secretive politics th… OL16163229W
Prisoners in the palace Prisoners in the palace Michaela MacColl Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria become… OL16260931W
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