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The Counterfeit Husband

by Elizabeth Mansfield · 1982

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A daring masquerade...After her husband's death, Camilla finds it impossible to live with her overbearing sister-in-law, Ethelyn. So she and her daughter, Pippa, take up residence in London, and Camilla invents a husband to assure Ethelyn that she is being taken care of.

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But when Ethelyn announces a visit, Camilla must think fast. She asks Thomas, one of her servants, to pose as her husband. And soon finds herself wishing she could pretend forever...

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adult
Length
medium · 219 pages

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