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      Pleasing Mr. Pepys

      by Deborah Swift
      Published
      Sep 2017
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      407
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      Series
      Women Of Pepys' Diary Book 1

      About This Book

      'brimming with espionage, danger, romance and flashes of dark humour' -Lancashire Evening Post

      Selling other people's secrets is a dangerous game.

      Deb Willet is desperate to escape her domineering aunt and takes a position as companion to Elisabeth Pepys, wife of the famous diarist. Deb believes it will give her the respectability and freedom she craves - but Samuel Pepys's house is not as safe as it seems. 

      An intelligent girl in Deb's position has access to his government papers, and soon she becomes a target of flamboyant actress Abigail Williams, a spy for England's enemies, the Dutch.

      Abigail is getting old and needs a younger accomplice.She blackmails Deb into stealing Pepys's documents. Soon, the respectable life Deb longs for slides out of her grasp.

      Mr Pepys's obsession for his new maid increases precisely as Abigail and her sinister Dutch spymaster become more demanding. When Deb falls for handsome Jem Wells, a curate-in-training, she thinks things cannot possibly get worse.

      Until - not content with a few stolen papers - the Dutch want Mr Pepys's Diary.

      'Deb Willet, Elizabeth Pepys's maid and the object of Samuel Pepys's attentions, is finally given centre-stage after 350 years, and her tale was worth waiting for. This is exceptional story-telling.' L. C. Tyler
       
      'Laced with emotional intensity and drama, Pleasing Mr Pepys... (has) an intricate plot that features red herrings, unexpected twists, and surprises that will take readers on a very delightful ride.' Arya Fomonyuy, Readers' Favorite 

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      Book 1
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      General Fiction

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      Historical

      Themes

      Biographical

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