Leave Well Enough Alone

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  • It’s
  • going
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • brilliant
  • summer
  • for
  • Dorothy—but
  • suddenly,
  • the
  • sun
  • hides
  • behind
  • the
  • clouds
  • and
  • a
  • secret
  • she
  • couldn’t
  • have
  • imagined
  • appears
  • .
  • .
  • .While
  • on
  • a
  • class
  • trip
  • to
  • a
  • museum,
  • fourteen-year-old
  • Dorothy
  • Coughlin
  • can’t
  • believe
  • her
  • luck:
  • She
  • practically
  • falls
  • into
  • a
  • summer
  • job
  • as
  • a
  • nanny
  • for
  • a
  • wealthy
  • family
  • in
  • Pennsylvania,
  • in
  • the
  • biggest
  • house
  • she
  • has
  • ever
  • seen.
  • It
  • doesn’t
  • even
  • matter
  • that
  • she’s
  • not
  • experienced
  • with
  • children,
  • or
  • that
  • the
  • family
  • is
  • a
  • little
  • strange.
  • She’ll
  • be
  • paid
  • $400
  • for
  • the
  • summer—money
  • she
  • can
  • use
  • for
  • college.But
  • her
  • employer,
  • Mrs.
  • Hoade,
  • is
  • awkward
  • and
  • anxious.
  • Is
  • she
  • hiding
  • something?
  • Sweet
  • and
  • harmless
  • Mr.
  • Hoade,
  • on
  • the
  • other
  • hand—with
  • his
  • movie-star
  • looks—has
  • a
  • strange
  • personality.
  • And
  • when
  • Dorothy
  • discovers
  • the
  • secret
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • Hoades
  • is
  • hiding
  • in
  • the
  • guest
  • cottage,
  • everything
  • changes.
  • This
  • summer
  • could
  • change
  • the
  • course
  • of
  • her
  • life,
  • that
  • is,
  • if
  • she
  • survives!This
  • ebook
  • features
  • an
  • illustrated
  • biography
  • of
  • Rosemary
  • Wells
  • including
  • rare
  • images
  • from
  • the
  • author’s collection.
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