The Ashford Affair
A Novel
Lauren Willig
- A
- deeply
- buried
- secret
- connects
- two
- women
- across
- continents
- and
- decades
- in
- this
- enthralling
- novel
- from
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Lauren
- Willig.As
- a
- lawyer
- in
- a
- large
- Manhattan
- firm,
- just
- shy
- of
- making
- partner,
- Clementine
- Evans
- has
- finally
- achieved
- almost
- everything
- she's
- been
- working
- towards—but
- now
- she's
- not
- sure
- it's
- enough.
- Her
- long
- hours
- have
- led
- to
- a
- broken
- engagement
- and,
- suddenly
- single
- at
- thirty-four,
- she
- feels
- her
- messy
- life
- crumbling
- around
- her.
- But
- when
- the
- family
- gathers
- for
- her
- grandmother
- Addie's
- ninety-ninth
- birthday,
- a
- relative
- lets
- slip
- hints
- about
- a
- long-buried
- family
- secret,
- leading
- Clemmie
- on
- a
- journey
- into
- the
- past
- that
- could
- change
- everything...Growing
- up
- at
- Ashford
- Park
- in
- the
- early
- twentieth
- century,
- Addie
- has
- never
- quite
- belonged.
- When
- her
- parents
- passed
- away,
- she
- was
- taken
- into
- the
- grand
- English
- house
- by
- her
- aristocratic
- aunt
- and
- uncle,
- and
- raised
- side-by-side
- with
- her
- beautiful
- and
- outgoing
- cousin,
- Bea.
- Though
- they
- are
- as
- different
- as
- night
- and
- day,
- Addie
- and
- Bea
- are
- closer
- than
- sisters,
- through
- relationships
- and
- challenges,
- and
- a
- war
- that
- changes
- the
- face
- of
- Europe
- irrevocably.
- But
- what
- happens
- when
- something
- finally
- comes
- along
- that
- can't
- be
- shared?
- When
- the
- love
- of
- sisterhood
- is
- tested
- by
- a
- bond
- that's
- even
- stronger?From
- the
- inner
- circles
- of
- British
- society
- to
- the
- skyscrapers
- of
- Manhattan
- and
- the
- red-dirt
- hills
- of
- Kenya,
- The
- Ashford
- Affair
- unravels
- the
- never-told
- secrets
- of
- a
- woman
- and
- a
- family.
- This
- page-turning
- novel
- explores
- the
- enduring
- bonds
- of
- family
- and
- the
- power
- of
- love
- to
- span
- generations
- and continents.
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