"Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids -- who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent -- shortly turns into something more nefarious. Madame Lancelin's increasingly unhinged...

AI-FREE! 100% certified organic author-created content. No artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this book.The complete series of The Warrior Maids of RivenlochBook 1: LADY DANGERBook 2: CAPTIVE HEARTBook 3: KNIGHT'S PRIZEDAMSELS IN SHINING ARMOR...RIDING TO THE RESCUE... Deirdre, Helena, and Miriel, three kick-arse Scots wenches known as The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch, aren't about to become any man's chattel, until they meet heroes...

"The Maids is a jewel: an astonishing complement to The Makioka Sisters, set in the same house, in the same turbulent decades, but among the servants as much as the masters. The Maids concerns all the young women who work -- before, during, and after WWII -- in the pampered, elegant household of the famous author Chikura Raikichi, his wife Sanko, and her younger sister. Though quite well-to-do, Raikichi has a small house: the family and the maids...

Brian's about to discover that life as a drug dealer can have hidden benefits. But he might come to wish he'd never taken advantage of them... Another story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season.

Maids, Wives, Widows is a lively exploration of the everyday lives of women in early modern England, from 1540-1740. The book uncovers details of how women filled their days, what they liked to eat and drink, what jobs they held, and how they raised their children. With chapters devoted to beauty regimes, fashion, and literature, the book also examines the cultural as well as the domestic aspect of early modern women's lives. Further, the book answers...

"Once bitten twice shy. If minor mistakes could get me in trouble, what if I make a major mistake? One may run away from temptation but may not hide from it," Ngozi cautioned. But, that was the night she succumbed to temptation. Then came the beating: dum, dum, dum, tim, tim... Ngozi couldn't protect her face anymore. She cried out in pain, "Sorry, sorry, I swear I will never dance again in my life. O heavens help me! Please! Please!" Mma and Jon...

From the author of THE MIDWIFE'S TALE comes "The Maidservant and the Murderer," the startling story behind midwife Bridget Hodgson's arch nemesis, the murderous and malignant Rebecca Hooke On an autumn day in 1620, young Rebecca Hey rode into York in the back of a farmer's wagon and started on the path that would eventually make her one of the most powerful women in the city. Rebecca was an ordinary country girl when she became John and Grace Hooke's...

This is a cruel world where gods and demons are crazy. Genius is like a crucian carp crossing the river. Some people are destined to be stepping stones for others to reach the top of the heavens!

A young woman, Cytherea Graye, is forced by poverty to accept a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had been unable to marry. Cytherea loves a young architect, Edward Springrove, but Miss Adclyffe's machinations, the discovery that Edward is already engaged to a woman whom he does not love, and the urgent need to support a sick brother drive Cytherea to accept the hand of Aeneas Manston, Miss...

Three Pretty Maids is a children's book written by Amy Ella Blanchard and first published in 1910. The story follows the lives and adventures of three young girls, each with their unique personalities and backgrounds, as they navigate the challenges and joys of growing up. The three pretty maids are Rose, Beth, and Mary. They come from different families, and their distinct backgrounds and experiences shape their characters. The book provides a detailed...