Set in 1915, this second book in the trilogy, Three Young Ladies of Clarke, reunites Catherine Ramsburg, the town milliner, with her good friend, Carolyn, the engaging nurse in the first novel, Beyond the Red Gate. Catherine is comfortable, secure and independent until the charismatic Patrick Burke arrives in the small town of Berryville. He injects new spirit into her settled way of life. Circumstances arise that can change her future, but only if she is strong enough to make the right decisions. The Milliner introduces the main character in the third book, The Newcomer. Elizabeth Fairchilds, is a young woman who unwillingly arrives in Clarke County and seeks redemption for a concealed past. This final novel in the trilogy will be available in the spring of 2013. All books can be found at :www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, and kindle

The Milliner

Literature & Fiction

Curtis, Millie

Contemporary

Avid Readers Publishing Group

Elizabeth Fairchilds, the main character in this third novel in the trilogy, Three Young Ladies of Clarke, to her dismay, arrives in Berryville, Virginia as the new owner of a hat shop. The year is 1916. At age twenty her life has turned upside down. Everything is foreign to her: living on her own, running a business, the town and its people. With the aid of a local young woman, Elizabeth struggles out of her troubled world and shows strength of character as she forges ahead in her quest to regain what is rightfully hers.

The Newcomer

In 1917, Ruth Caldwell left Virginia for a new life in England. It mattered not to her that there was a war raging in Europe or that a ship could be blown out of the water by a German submarine. Ruth always got her own way and did as she pleased. Lawrence Townsend had invited her to his country house in England. That's where Ruth learned her first lesson. About the Author: Millie Curtis has made her home in Clarke County, Virginia since 1975. This eighth book brings back a character from the trilogy Three Young ladies of Clarke. Her novels are a bit of history, a bit of humor and a bit of romance. She lives with her husband of sixty years and their fifteen-year-old dog, Bella.

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