num_pages: 338
description: The chance to break the big story is all Charlotte needs to secure her future. But when the truth comes out--it may cost her the love of her life. Newport Rhode Island in 1900--a glamorous resort town where the rich and famous go to see and be seen. Charlotte Hale isn't part of that world. She's a working girl a secretary for a local newspaper who dreams of becoming a real reporter. When her boss offers her an assignment she jumps at the opportunity. She'll go undercover as a governess to invesitgate a scandal about her new employer Daniel Wilmont a young widowed professor of religion who writes a controversial column in a rival newspaper. Charlotte's qualms about misrepresenting herself to Daniel soon morph into a deeper quandry. How can she get the goods on a man who turns out ot be so honorable? How can she plot the downfall of a family that has inspired her to rediscover her faith? And how can she protect the man she now loves from a scheme she's been part of since the beginning? A fascinating tale of love and faith in the Gilded Age...from the author of Love on a Dime. James uses carefully described settings and characters...to dramatically contrast life in the Gilded Age in Newport Rhode Island between the working class and the wealthy. -- Booklist
language: English
title: Love on Assignment
publisher: Thomas Nelson