Davenport House (volume 1) [Paperback]

A historical fiction series that follows an upper class family and its servants in 1915 America. Emotions are running high in the midst of a family scandal at Davenport House, where social classes collide and discretion is the secret to survival. Mary Davenport is a 22-year-old idealist who worries that the world in the Progressive Era is leaving her behind. She lives isolated in the Pennsylvania countryside with her affluent and secretive family. When her father dies suddenly, Mary becomes pained with grief and increasingly suspicious of those around her. A humble servant girl has the chance of a lifetime to become a lady's companion. Costly dresses, exquisite rooms, and fine dinners are pleasant distractions from what is really happening in the house.