Discovering Ellie
By: Valerie Holmes
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Linford romance library; Linford romance library
Publisher: Thorpe
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781444807394
Subjects: Guardian and ward; Fiction; Absentee mothers
Description: Ellie lives a sheltered life under the guardianship of her Aunt Gertrude. Despite living with the shadow cast over her mother's respectability - commonly said to have run off with a French lover; deserting her only child - Gertrude has raised her niece alongside her own daughters, Esme and Cybil. However, when the handsome Mr Gerald Cookson returns to the old hall he reveals to Ellie the truth behind her past, and discovers a very different future for them both.
Notes: Adult.
Table of contents: title: Ellie lives a sheltered life under the guardianship of her Aunt Gertrude. Despite living with the shadow cast over her mother's respectability; title: commonly said to have run off with a French lover; deserting her only child; title: Gertrude has raised her niece alongside her own daughters, Esme and Cybil. However, when the handsome Mr Gerald Cookson returns to the old hall he reveals to Ellie the truth behind her past, and discovers a very different future for them both.