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#1 - Secrets of the Royal Maid

The year is 1940 and World War II has a firm grip on Europe. In South Wales, seventeen-year-old pit miner’s daughter Rosa Edwards has just secured the position of royal maid at Buckingham Palace.

Setting off to the big smoke with only a small suitcase, she is determined to seize this opportunity while her new sweetheart is away fighting - and track down her best friend Alice, who moved to London and disappeared without trace.

But the dust has barely settled on Rosa’s new job when a grave accusation of dishonesty leaves her position in the balance. And when a salacious scandal involving Alice makes front-page news, Rosa must choose where her loyalties lie, and whether her new life is the one she wants after all . . .