Recent Reads - The Letter From Briarton Park

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The Letter From Briarton Park by Sarah E. Ladd - Cassandra Hale had accepted that her family's identity was unknown, so when her mentor makes a deathbed confession about a letter that may reveal her parentage, Cassandra feels betrayed. With nothing more than a two-year-old letter from a Mr Clark to guide her, she travels to Briarton Park to see what she can find out. She arrives to find that Mr Clark died shortly after sending her the letter, and that Briarton Park has a new master, James Warrington. She follows up on the few leads she has and gratefully accepts assistance from James, the vicar, and a few other new friends, but the more she finds out about her late father, the more danger surrounds her and she wonders who can be trusted.

James is doing his best to watch over his younger sister and bring up his two young daughters with the help of his late wife's mother, but he knows the girls need a governess. His mother-in-law has promised to engage one, but time is going by and her harsh criticism of everyone in the household is causing trouble. Cassandra proves a good friend to his sister Rachel, and her search for answers about her parentage provides an intriguing distraction. Perhaps more than a distraction as he becomes better acquainted with her and decides to engage her as governess. 

This would be a simple romance between a governess and the master of the house, except that there is another suitor vying for her, and to complicate matters she may be the heiress to a valuable piece of land, but only if she can prove her identity since her half-brother is fighting the will. Cassandra must decide who is telling the truth, who has selfish motives, and where her own loyalties lie.

By the same author: A Stranger at Fellsworth, The Governess at Penwythe Hall, The Weaver's Daughter, Dawn at Emberwilde, The Curiosity Keeper, A Lady at Willowgrove Hall, The Headmistress of Rosemere, The Heiress of Winterwood

This is a book with an epilogue (#26) for The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge

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