A Daughter's Duty
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An heiress to one of Britain's most impressive fortunes, Cordelia Gardiner has always done what her strict father expects her to, manage the estate, host dinners, mind her manners. After years of adhering to his demanding expectations, however, Cordelia begins exploring the world outside of her own gilded cage. What she never expected was to encounter a world of love and of loss, of charming Lords and deceiving Ladies. [COMPLETED]
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