The Lady’s Maid by Jackie Braithwaite (.ePUB)
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The Lady’s Maid by Jackie Braithwaite
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Overview: A widow bound by duty. A maid who sees too much. A forbidden love in the heart of Victorian London.
London, 1880s. Lady Eleanor Ashcombe has done everything society demands of her – married well, played the gracious hostess, and now wears widowhood like a veil of duty. But behind her cool façade lies a heart starved for connection.
When Clara Whitfield, the sharp-eyed daughter of a seamstress, enters her household as a lady’s maid, Eleanor’s orderly world begins to crack. Clara’s quiet defiance and tender care awaken something Eleanor thought long buried. Their daily rituals – hair brushed by candlelight, corsets laced and unlaced, whispered confidences behind closed doors – become charged with an intimacy neither can deny.
As gossip stirs in the household and society demands Eleanor remarry, the bond between mistress and maid becomes perilous. To surrender to passion is to risk ruin; to resist is to live half a life. In a world that offers them no place, Eleanor and Clara must choose whether their love will remain a secret shadow or become the fire that burns everything else away.
The Lady’s Maid is a Victorian sapphic romance of forbidden desire, class divide, and whispered longing. Perfect for readers of Sarah Waters, KJ Charles, and anyone who loves historical romance laced with gothic intimacy.
Genre: Fiction > Romance FF
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