What happens after a fairy tale romance suddenly ends? Can you really go home again?Jessica Carola Jenson thought she had it all. She graduated from Cambridge University, had an entry-level position with a London publishing house, shared a small flat with a couple of friends, and had a posh new boyfriend named Will Smythe, a divorced architect with a young son. It's a dream come true for the pretty young woman from Hilly Dale, Arkansas.When Will proposes to Jessica in historic Carcassonne, France a year later, she learns ...
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What happens after a fairy tale romance suddenly ends? Can you really go home again?Jessica Carola Jenson thought she had it all. She graduated from Cambridge University, had an entry-level position with a London publishing house, shared a small flat with a couple of friends, and had a posh new boyfriend named Will Smythe, a divorced architect with a young son. It's a dream come true for the pretty young woman from Hilly Dale, Arkansas.When Will proposes to Jessica in historic Carcassonne, France a year later, she learns that her intended is William Fielding-Smythe, Earl of Ponder, heir to the small, but extremely wealthy, dukedom of Hearthe, located in North West England.Years later, after experiencing a tragedy and the death of her mother within a short time, Jessica returns to Hilly Dale, Arkansas to get away from memories that haunt her in England and to sort out her parents' estate in Arkansas, but her return to her hometown isn't exactly what she hopes it will be. When her secret life as 'Carola, The Duchess of Hearthe, ' is exposed, all hell breaks loose in Hilly Dale and Jessica has some serious decisions to make, made more difficult by the resurfacing of her junior high boyfriend, Beckham Hailey."The Duchess of Hillbilly Dale" takes a look at small-town life, exposing secrets, hypocrisy, and greed, while revealing jealousies and competitions that date back to junior high school
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