Love on Assignment (Ladies of Summerhill Novels)

by Cara Lynn James (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $15.77

  The chance to break the big story is all Charlotte needs to secure her future. But when the truth comes out-it may cost her the love of her life. Newport, Rhode Island, in 1900-a glamorous resort town where the rich and famous go to see and be seen. Charlotte Hale isn't part of that world. She's a working girl, a secretary for a local newspaper, who dreams of becoming a real reporter. When her boss offers her an assignment, she jumps at the opportunity. She'll go undercover as a governess to investigate a scandal about her new employer, Daniel Wilmont, a young widowed professor of religion who writes a controversial column in a rival newspaper. Charlotte's qualms about misrepresenting herself to Daniel soon morph into a deeper quandary. How can she get the goods on a man who turns out to be so honorable? How can she plot the downfall of a family that has inspired her to rediscover her faith? And how can she protect the man she now loves from a scheme she's been part of since the beginning? A fascinating tale of love and faith in the Gilded Age ...from the author of Love on a Dime. James uses carefully described settings and characters ...to dramatically contrast life in the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island, between the working class and the wealthy. -Booklist