The Duke And The Pauper

Cecelia Bolton is the new personal maid of Letitia Fortescue, The Dowager Marchioness of Carlisle. She is young, beautiful and spirited, yet inside she hides the inner pain of an abused childhood and being both a poor orphan and illegitimate. To make matters worse, she is fully aware of who her father really is and what her position in society should have been. The Dowager Marchioness, finally forces a confession out of her regarding her past and takes her to her heart much to the jealously of her own granddaughter Matilda. When the Dowager Marchioness decides that she will introduce Cecelia to society in London as her ward, Matilda's dislike and distrust grows. Matilda's jealously reaches bursting point when the Duke of Marlborough becomes smitten with Cecelia and she decides she must bring her rival back to her rightful station....whatever the cost. Can Cecelia survive the scheming plans of Matilda? Will she be accepted by the ton? Will the Duke still be interested when he finds out about her real past? A gentle wholesome story full of subversive romantic melodrama, familiar personal intrigue and enthralling escapade, that will eloquently play upon the heartstrings from the pen of Elizabeth Downton...