Charity Girl
Georgette Heyer
A penniless girl with no options and a kind-hearted lord who can't stop helping her find her way home.
Description
Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, Charity decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it’s just a matter of finding him... And as a ‘charity girl’, with no dowry and no options, hope can only get her so far.But with the help of the dashing and kind-hearted Desford, it seems like Charity’s fortunes might be about to change.
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