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The Other Daughter
by Lauren Willig
I don’t know how this book slipped under my radar until now but I really enjoyed it!
I won this book in a giveaway and I lucked out because I honestly have no idea why I haven’t read it before now.
Rachel grew up thinking her parents were the perfect couple. Her dad died when she was 4. She had a happy childhood, just her and her mom, but she always missed her dad.
Rachel has been working as governess. She gets a message that her mom is ill but it’s delayed. She gets home too late. Her mom has passed away.
Rachel finds a picture in her mom’s possessions, a very recent picture, and the man appears to be her father.
After talking to her cousin, she learns that her father is actually still alive. He is royalty. He is married. He has other children. 23 years have passed since Rachel last saw him.
The picture opens up a can of worms. It makes Rachel question everything. Is she illegitimate? Does her dad still think about her? Why did he leave?
She gets the offer, from her cousin’s friend, to do a bit of undercover work. Rachel gets a makeover and Simon introduces her to everyone as Vera. “Vera” is to endear herself to Cece who has an in with the royal family.
If you watch Downton Abbey, picture one of the downstairs characters finding out their family was actually upperclass. Suddenly the governess is among the high class society.
It starts off fun enough for Rachel. But her goal has always been to see her father again.
Really drew me in. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I won this book in a giveaway and I lucked out because I honestly have no idea why I haven’t read it before now.
Rachel grew up thinking her parents were the perfect couple. Her dad died when she was 4. She had a happy childhood, just her and her mom, but she always missed her dad.
Rachel has been working as governess. She gets a message that her mom is ill but it’s delayed. She gets home too late. Her mom has passed away.
Rachel finds a picture in her mom’s possessions, a very recent picture, and the man appears to be her father.
After talking to her cousin, she learns that her father is actually still alive. He is royalty. He is married. He has other children. 23 years have passed since Rachel last saw him.
The picture opens up a can of worms. It makes Rachel question everything. Is she illegitimate? Does her dad still think about her? Why did he leave?
She gets the offer, from her cousin’s friend, to do a bit of undercover work. Rachel gets a makeover and Simon introduces her to everyone as Vera. “Vera” is to endear herself to Cece who has an in with the royal family.
If you watch Downton Abbey, picture one of the downstairs characters finding out their family was actually upperclass. Suddenly the governess is among the high class society.
It starts off fun enough for Rachel. But her goal has always been to see her father again.
Really drew me in. I thoroughly enjoyed it.