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"Encouragement" (Book 1), by Gratiana Lovelace, 2016 (Completed)

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Lady Madeline Lucretia Sinclair's very proper maternal grandmother Lady Lucretia Beckham Knott advises her that all a gentleman needs from a lady to offer for her is a little encouragement from that lady. But then again, it is encouragement that a lady must refrain from lest an unsuitable or undesirable gentleman press his suit upon her. But therein lies the crux of Lady Madeline's dilemma.  How does a lady become sufficiently acquainted with a gentleman in order to discern if she wants to encourage him--without first seeking him out for conversation or dancing, and without seeming to encourage him before her mind is made up?  And when her heart has chosen, but his has not, how does she help him find his heart's desire?  These will be the riddles that Lady Madeline must find the answers to for her happily ever after.All Rights Reserved

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