This story is tied to Ms. Johnson's prior release "Nearly A Lady".
Anna Rees is the illegitimate daughter of a popular courtesan. While she was never beaten or sold, she was not loved or supported by her parent. She has been kept separate from main society but has seen the worst of the Demi-mode in her mothers house. She is a stranger in her own home with only her governess for a friend. Her mother throws wild parties and creates outrageous lies about her daughter. Anna did not know who was her father or her birth date as her mother had made up stories which named several men. Her mother claimed that she made up the lies for her own amusement. Anna has lead a very loney life.
One evening she meets a very drunk man who has fallen down in the hallway, and she actually has a conversation with a man. . . And is disappointed when he does not come back to see her later as he promised. Four years later she learns the truth, he came a dozen times to see her and was turned away by her mother. She never received his letters or knew of his regard.
She meets him again the day she goes on an adventure and meets her half brother. Viscount Max Dane believed the lies told by her mother. He believed that she had forged documents to try to take advantage of his friend. He is determined to stop her.
It is a bumpy ride before their happy ending.
Anna Rees is the illegitimate daughter of a popular courtesan. While she was never beaten or sold, she was not loved or supported by her parent. She has been kept separate from main society but has seen the worst of the Demi-mode in her mothers house. She is a stranger in her own home with only her governess for a friend. Her mother throws wild parties and creates outrageous lies about her daughter. Anna did not know who was her father or her birth date as her mother had made up stories which named several men. Her mother claimed that she made up the lies for her own amusement. Anna has lead a very loney life.
One evening she meets a very drunk man who has fallen down in the hallway, and she actually has a conversation with a man. . . And is disappointed when he does not come back to see her later as he promised. Four years later she learns the truth, he came a dozen times to see her and was turned away by her mother. She never received his letters or knew of his regard.
She meets him again the day she goes on an adventure and meets her half brother. Viscount Max Dane believed the lies told by her mother. He believed that she had forged documents to try to take advantage of his friend. He is determined to stop her.
It is a bumpy ride before their happy ending.
