Earnest Bliss
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Following the death of her parents, Eleanor Martin discovers she's the heir to a countryside English manor - and that she has a grandmother she's never met. She is abruptly thrust into a high society, with it's charity luncheons and formal galas and thinly veiled match-making schemes. But it's Will Cabot, the manor's charming housekeeper, Eleanor has her eyes on.
As she explores the purportedly haunted manor and gets to know her aloof grandmother, Eleanor begins to learn about her family, her history, and herself.
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౨ৎ˚₊✩ ❪ 𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄! 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐗 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒! 𝐅𝐄𝐌. 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 ❫ ─── ❝𝗜'𝗺 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲... 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹.❞ Once again, you awaken in the body of the villainess-beautiful, powerful, and condemned to a fate you've suffered through far too many times. In every life, you've played the part: manipulating, scheming, only to be cast aside or ruined. But this time is different. This time, you're too tired to care. The court's drama can unfold without you. All you want is a quiet life away from it all. But when fate has written you into a role of tragedy, will it let you go so easily? Or will this be yet another life where escape is nothing more than a cruel dream?
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