Must-Get Monday #42

A Lady in Attendance

by Rachel Fordham

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First of all, this cover is gorgeous. It screams at me, “Pick me up NOW!” Then I read the premise and I was immediately hooked. I want to read this book so badly! I am a fan of Fordham’s previous novels, so I am sure I will love this one! How about you? Are you a fan of Rachel’s previous books?

About the Book

Five years in a New York state reformatory have left a blemish on Hazel’s real name. So when she takes a job as Doctor Gilbert Watts’s lady in attendance in 1898, she does so under an alias. In the presence of her quiet and pious employer, Hazel finds more than an income. She finds a friend and a hope that if she can set her tarnished past in order, she might have a future after all.

As Gilbert becomes accustomed to the pleasant chatter of his new dental assistant, he can’t help but sense something secretive about her. Perhaps there is more to this woman than meets the eye. Can the questions that loom between them ever be answered? Or will the deeds of days gone by forever rob the future of its possibilities?

Rachel Fordham pens a tender tale of a soft-spoken man, a hardened woman, and the friends that stand by them as they work toward a common purpose–to expunge the record of someone society deemed beyond saving–and perhaps find love along the way.