The Other Daughter
A Novel
Lauren Willig
- From
- Lauren
- Willig,
- author
- of
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- novel
- The
- Ashford
- Affair,
- comes
- The
- Other
- Daughter,
- a
- page-turner
- full
- of
- deceit,
- passion,
- and
- revenge.Raised
- in
- a
- poor
- yet
- genteel
- household,
- Rachel
- Woodley
- is
- working
- in
- France
- as
- a
- governess
- when
- she
- receives
- news
- that
- her
- mother
- has
- died
- suddenly.
- Grief-stricken,
- she
- returns
- to
- the
- small
- town
- in
- England
- where
- she
- was
- raised
- to
- clear
- out
- the
- cottage...and
- finds
- a
- cutting
- from
- a
- London
- society
- magazine,
- with
- a
- photograph
- of
- her
- supposedly
- deceased
- father
- dated
- all
- of
- three
- months
- before.
- He's
- an
- earl,
- respected
- and
- influential,
- and
- he
- is
- standing
- with
- another
- daughter
- --
- his
- legitimate
- daughter.
- Which
- makes
- Rachel...not
- legitimate.
- Everything
- she
- thought
- she
- knew
- about
- herself
- and
- her
- past
- --
- even
- her
- very
- name
- --
- is
- a
- lie.Still
- reeling
- from
- the
- death
- of
- her
- mother,
- and
- furious
- at
- this
- betrayal,
- Rachel
- sets
- herself
- up
- in
- London
- under
- a
- new
- identity.
- There
- she
- insinuates
- herself
- into
- the
- party-going
- crowd
- of
- Bright
- Young
- Things,
- with
- a
- steely
- determination
- to
- unveil
- her
- father's
- perfidy
- and
- bring
- his
- --
- and
- her
- half-sister's
- --
- charmed
- world
- crashing
- down.
- Very
- soon,
- however,
- Rachel
- faces
- two
- unexpected
- snags:
- she
- finds
- that
- she
- genuinely
- likes
- her
- half-sister,
- Olivia,
- whose
- situation
- isn't
- as
- simple
- it
- appears;
- and
- that
- she
- might
- just
- be
- falling
- for
- her
- sister's fiancé...
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