Love by the Morning Star

Front Cover
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 - Juvenile Fiction - 312 pages

Upstairs, downstairs, and in which lady's chamber?
On the brink of World War II, two girls are sent to the grand English country estate of Starkers. Hannah, the half-Jewish daughter of a disgraced distant relative, has been living an artistic bohemian life in a cabaret in pre-war Germany and now is supposed to be welcomed into the family. Anna, the social-climbing daughter of working-class British fascists, is supposed to be hired as a maid so that she can spy for the Nazis. But there's a mix-up, and nice Hannah is sent to the kitchen as a maid while arrogant Anna is welcomed as a relative.
And then both girls fall for the same man, the handsome heir of the estate . . . or do they?
In this sparkling, saucy romance, nearly everything goes wrong for two girls who are sent to a grand English estate on the brink of World War II--until it goes so very, very right!

 

Selected pages

Contents

Anna Who Is Not the Heroine
1
Hannah Who Is the Heroine
10
Hannah the Unfortunate Fruit
27
Anna Is a Kissing Cousin
42
Hannah Meets the Heir of Trapp
53
Hannah May Eat as Many Bugs as She Likes
65
Hannah Who Tried to Be Helpful
75
Anna and Hannah and the Gross Social Blunder
82
Hannahs Boxing Day Dismay
180
Lord Liripip Knows Exactly What Hannah Is
190
Teddy Figures It Out
207
Hannah Is Propositioned and Almost Proposes
219
Hannah Learns That Pearls Mean Tears
228
The Letters of the New Year
245
Hannahs Salad of Bitter Herbs
254
Anna and Hannah Get Engaged
272

Lord Liripip Berates a Star
101
Teddy and Hannah Are Not Formal
112
Hannah Utterly Fails at Domestic Service
121
Love
136
Hannah and Anna Reflected in Each Other
148
Hannah as Loves Messenger
159
Hannah on the Road to Damascus
171
Hannahs Glass of Champagne Changes History
284
Hannah Is Forgiving
300
A Sudden Need for Flowers
307
Back Flap
313
Back Cover
314
Spine
315
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2014)

Laura L. Sullivan is a former newspaper editor, biologist, social worker, and deputy sheriff. Her other books include Delusion and Ladies in Waiting. She lives on the Florida coast, but her heart is in England. Visit her website at www.lauralsullivan.blogspot.com.