The Hepburn Line: Illuminated Edition

An old lease. A required marriage. An aunt who will sacrifice anything - and anyone - to keep the family estate.When Doris Morton is finally summoned to Morton Park, she arrives with nothing but her mother's beauty, her father's pride, and a fierce letter she wrote at fourteen that Aunt Keziah has never forgiven - or forgotten.What Doris doesn't know is that Keziah has spent decades guarding a family secret, arranging marriages, and burning letters to keep it safe. Morton Park is beautiful, grand, and full of people who are not telling her the truth.Told through diaries, letters, and confessions - each voice revealing what the others hide - The Hepburn Line is a story of inheritance, control, and the price of belonging.Mary J. Holmes (1825-1907) was one of the most widely read novelists of the nineteenth century, with sales rivaling Mark Twain's. Her books were read in parlors and train cars across America and Britain - beloved for their sharp wit, emotional honesty, and plots that kept the pages turning.This Illuminated Edition from The Marguerite Project has taken the original text and carefully prepared it for contemporary readers - updating the language of a different era, giving voice to characters who deserved to be heard, and preserving the storytelling that made Holmes famous. The story is hers. We just opened the curtains.

Pagina's: 112, Paperback, Independently published