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What ales the earl

by Sally MacKenzie

Scandal does not define the "fallen" ladies of Puddledon Manor's Benevolent Home. Instead, it's a recipe for an intoxicating new future as the women combine their talents--to operate their own brewery and alehouse . . .When Penelope Barnes arrived at the Home with her young daughter, she discovered a knack for horticulture--and for cultivating the hops needed to produce a superlative pint. She put her scandalous affair with Harry Graham firmly in the past, along with the wrenching pain she felt when he went off to war. After all, she'd always known a farmer's daughter had no future with an earl's son. Now she has the pleasant memory of their passion, and she has little Harriet, for whom she would do anything--even marry a boring country vicar . . .

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