Klassen, Julie, 1964-
The ladies of Ivy Cottage / Julie Klassen. - 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Tales from Ivy Hill ; 2 .
A gentlewoman in reduced circumstances, Miss Rachel Ashford lives as a guest in Ivy Cottage. With her meager funds rapidly depleting, she is determined to earn her own livelihood? somehow. Her friend Jane Bell and the other village women encourage her to open a circulating library with the many she?s inherited from her father. As villagers donate additional books and Rachel begins sorting through volumes, she discovers mysteries hidden among them. A man who once broke her heart helps her search for clues, but both find more than they bargained for. Rachel?s Hostess, Mercy Grove, has given up thoughts of suitors and finds fulfillment in managing her girl?s school. So when several men take interest in in Ivy Cottage, she assumes pretty Miss Ashford is the cause. Exactly what ? or whom ? has captured each man?s attention? The truth may surprise them all.
9780764218163 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780764218156 (softcover)
2017030031
Libraries -- Fiction.
Hotelkeepers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3611.L37 / L3 2017
FIC K666
The ladies of Ivy Cottage / Julie Klassen. - 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Tales from Ivy Hill ; 2 .
A gentlewoman in reduced circumstances, Miss Rachel Ashford lives as a guest in Ivy Cottage. With her meager funds rapidly depleting, she is determined to earn her own livelihood? somehow. Her friend Jane Bell and the other village women encourage her to open a circulating library with the many she?s inherited from her father. As villagers donate additional books and Rachel begins sorting through volumes, she discovers mysteries hidden among them. A man who once broke her heart helps her search for clues, but both find more than they bargained for. Rachel?s Hostess, Mercy Grove, has given up thoughts of suitors and finds fulfillment in managing her girl?s school. So when several men take interest in in Ivy Cottage, she assumes pretty Miss Ashford is the cause. Exactly what ? or whom ? has captured each man?s attention? The truth may surprise them all.
9780764218163 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780764218156 (softcover)
2017030031
Libraries -- Fiction.
Hotelkeepers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3611.L37 / L3 2017
FIC K666