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    The Lady Pursues
    The Lady Pursues
    AbbyWheelerRomance
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    AbbyWheelerRomance
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    Complete, First published Jan 16, 2018
    2019 WATTY WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION.
        Charity loves Ian. Ian thinks Charity is an incorrigible flirt and he is certainly not tempted. Not one bit! Or at least that's what he tells himself...
        
        Bright, optimistic, and a bit naïve, Charity Crewe has always been in love with Ian Douglass. And it would certainly help if he loved her back... just a little bit! Though Ian was raised on the estate and generously given lessons with the Crewe siblings, no one, especially Ian, has ever forgotten he is the housekeeper's son.  Charity might not care what anyone thinks of her, but Ian certainly does, so he is determined to protect her reputation as well as his own. He's worked too hard to secure his position to risk his livelihood, not to mention his mother's. He has discouraged her affections at every turn... with only a few moments of weakness. However, while Charity is away gaining some polish, circumstances drastically change and  Charity must decide if she is willing to risk everything, even complete and utter ruin, in pursuit of the man she loves.
        
        Authors notes:
        
        This is Book One of The Crewe Legacy, a four-book series in progress, involving the Crewe siblings and other characters you'll meet along the way. I hope you enjoy Ian and Charity's story and that everyone else intrigues you!
        
        CONTENT WARNING: this story contains some mature sexual content, descriptions of spousal abuse, child abuse, murder, and suicide.
    All Rights Reserved
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    Table of contents
    • Prologue
      Wed, Jan 24, 2018
    • Chapter One (Part 1)
      Fri, Mar 16, 2018
    • Chapter One (Part 2)
      Sat, Jan 27, 2018
    • Chapter Two (Part 1)
      Sat, Mar 17, 2018
    • Chapter Two (Part 2)
      Tue, Jan 30, 2018
    • Chapter Three (Part 1)
      Mon, Feb 5, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Three (Part 2)
      Sat, Mar 17, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Four
      Thu, Feb 8, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Five
      Mon, Feb 12, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Six
      Thu, Feb 22, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Seven
      Mon, Feb 26, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Eight
      Sat, Mar 3, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Nine (part 1)
      Sun, Mar 11, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Nine (Part 2)
      Wed, Mar 14, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Ten (part 1)
      Wed, Mar 21, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Ten (part 2)
      Mon, Mar 26, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Eleven (part 1)
      Sat, Apr 28, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Eleven (part 2)
      Wed, May 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twelve (part 1)
      Sun, May 6, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twelve (part 2)
      Tue, May 15, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirteen (part 1)
      Tue, May 22, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirteen (part 2)
      Thu, May 24, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Fourteen (part 1)
      Tue, May 29, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Fourteen (part 2)
      Sun, Jun 3, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Fifteen (part 1)
      Mon, Jun 11, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Fifteen (part 2)
      Mon, Jun 18, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Sixteen (Part 1)
      Thu, Jun 21, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Sixteen (part 2)
      Tue, Jun 26, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Seventeen (part 1)
      Mon, Jul 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Seventeen (part 2)
      Thu, Aug 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Eighteen (part 1)
      Wed, Aug 8, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Eighteen (part 2)
      Mon, Aug 13, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Nineteen (Part 1)
      Thu, Aug 16, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Nineteen (part 2)
      Mon, Aug 20, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty (part 1)
      Mon, Aug 27, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty (part 2)
      Sat, Sep 1, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-One (part 1)
      Tue, Sep 4, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-One (part 2)
      Tue, Sep 25, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Two (part 1)
      Wed, Sep 26, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Two (part 2)
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Three (part 1)
      Tue, Oct 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Three (part 2)
      Sun, Oct 7, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Four (part one)
      Sat, Oct 13, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Four (part 2)
      Mon, Oct 15, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Five (part 1)
      Sun, Oct 21, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Five (part 2)
      Wed, Oct 24, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Six (part 1)
      Mon, Oct 29, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Six (part 2)
      Tue, Oct 30, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Seven (part 1)
      Fri, Nov 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Seven (part 2)
      Tue, Nov 6, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Eight (part 1)
      Fri, Nov 9, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Eight (part 2)
      Mon, Nov 12, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Nine (part 1)
      Thu, Nov 15, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Twenty-Nine (part 2)
      Sun, Nov 18, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty (part one)
      Tue, Nov 27, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty (part 2)
      Mon, Dec 3, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-One
      Thu, Dec 6, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Two (part one)
      Sun, Dec 9, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Two (part 2)
      Tue, Dec 11, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Three (part 1)
      Sat, Dec 22, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Three (part 2)
      Sun, Dec 30, 2018Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Four
      Wed, Jan 16, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Five (Part 1)
      Wed, Jan 23, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Five (part 2)
      Sat, Jan 26, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Six
      Sun, Feb 3, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Seven (part 1)
      Wed, Feb 6, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Seven (part 2)
      Sat, Feb 9, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Eight
      Mon, Feb 25, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Thirty-Nine
      Sun, Mar 10, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty (part one)
      Thu, Mar 14, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty (Part 2)
      Tue, Mar 19, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-One
      Sun, Mar 31, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Two
      Sat, Apr 20, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Three (part 1)
      Fri, Apr 26, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Three (part 2)
      Sat, May 4, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Four
      Sat, May 11, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Five
      Sun, May 19, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Six
      Thu, Jun 27, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Seven (part 1)
      Tue, Jul 2, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty Seven (part 2)
      Sat, Jul 6, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Eight (part 1)
      Fri, Jul 12, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Eight (part 2)
      Wed, Jul 24, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Forty-Nine
      Fri, Aug 9, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty
      Sat, Aug 17, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-One
      Thu, Aug 29, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Two (part 1)
      Wed, Sep 4, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Two (Part 2)
      Mon, Sep 9, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Three (Part 1)
      Thu, Sep 12, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Three (part 2)
      Tue, Sep 17, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Four
      Tue, Oct 1, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Five (part 1)
      Fri, Oct 11, 2019Locked
    • Chapter 55 (part 2)
      Tue, Oct 15, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Six
      Wed, Nov 6, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Seven
      Tue, Nov 12, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Eight
      Sun, Nov 24, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Fifty-Nine
      Sat, Nov 30, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Sixty
      Tue, Dec 10, 2019Locked
    • Chapter Sixty-One
      Tue, Dec 17, 2019Locked
    • Epilogue
      Wed, Dec 25, 2019Locked
    • Acknowlegments
      Fri, Dec 27, 2019

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    2019 WATTY WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION.
        Charity loves Ian. Ian thinks Charity is an incorrigible flirt and he is certainly not tempted. Not one bit! Or at least that's what he tells himself...
        
        Bright, optimistic, and a bit naïve, Charity Crewe has always been in love with Ian Douglass. And it would certainly help if he loved her back... just a little bit! Though Ian was raised on the estate and generously given lessons with the Crewe siblings, no one, especially Ian, has ever forgotten he is the housekeeper's son.  Charity might not care what anyone thinks of her, but Ian certainly does, so he is determined to protect her reputation as well as his own. He's worked too hard to secure his position to risk his livelihood, not to mention his mother's. He has discouraged her affections at every turn... with only a few moments of weakness. However, while Charity is away gaining some polish, circumstances drastically change and  Charity must decide if she is willing to risk everything, even complete and utter ruin, in pursuit of the man she loves.
        
        Authors notes:
        
        This is Book One of The Crewe Legacy, a four-book series in progress, involving the Crewe siblings and other characters you'll meet along the way. I hope you enjoy Ian and Charity's story and that everyone else intrigues you!
        
        CONTENT WARNING: this story contains some mature sexual content, descriptions of spousal abuse, child abuse, murder, and suicide.

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    • Chapter Sixty-One
      Tue, Dec 17, 2019Locked
    • Epilogue
      Wed, Dec 25, 2019Locked
    • Acknowlegments
      Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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