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The Kitchen Maid

Val Wood author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:2nd Jun '16

Should be back in stock very soon

The Kitchen Maid cover

The brilliant saga about love, death and courage from the much-loved storyteller Val Wood, released now in a brand new package. If you like Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love this heartwarming story of triumph over adveristy.

Gradually, she gains the attention of the young master of the house, and they fall in love.But their hopes and dreams turn to nightmares, culminating in a scandal that will force Jenny to leave behind everything she knows.

Cast aside by her own family, Jenny faces many difficulties until an usual promise changes the course of her life.

Jenny is determined to make her own way in the world, and she secures a job as the kitchen maid in a grand house in Yorkshire. Gradually, she gains the attention of the young master of the house, and they fall in love.But their hopes and dreams turn to nightmares, culminating in a scandal that will force Jenny to leave behind everything she knows.

Cast aside by her own family, Jenny faces many difficulties until an usual promise changes the course of her life. Jenny the kitchen maid becomes the mistress of her own grand house. Although she tries to fit in with this new world, however, she never forgets the words that the gypsy told her: that one day she will return to where she was once happy - and discover her true love . . .

If you've liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

A good romance with plenty of twists and turns * Bradford Telegraph & Argus *

ISBN: 9780552171533

Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 33mm

Weight: 377g

560 pages