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The secretary : a novel / by Knight, Renee,author.;
From her first day as personal assistant to the celebrated Mina Appleton, Christine Butcher understands what is expected of her. Absolute loyalty. Absolute discretion. For twenty years, Christine has been a most devoted servant, a silent witness to everything in Mina's life. So quiet, one would hardly know she is there. Day after day, year after year, Christine has been there, invisible, watching, listening, absorbing all the secrets floating around her. Keeping them safe. Christine is trusted. But those years of loyalty and discretion come with a high price. And eventually Christine will pay. Yet, it would be a mistake to underestimate such a steadfast woman as Christine. Because as everyone is about to discover, there's a dangerous line between obedience and obsession.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Private secretaries; Administrative assistants; Psychoses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Duke seeks bride / by Carlyle, Christy,author.;
The Duchess of Waverly's personal secretary, Miss Aurelia Graves, mistaken for her employer until Alexander Fennessey learns the truth, agrees to let others think she's the duchess for a fortnight, while making it clear she has no interest in marrying him, until the tables turn, and he wants to marry her.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Aristocracy (Social class); Man-woman relationships; Mistaken identity; Nobility; Private secretaries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mr. Churchill's secretary : a novel / by MacNeal, Susan Elia.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Love stories.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Americans; Nazis; Private secretaries; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Bantam Books Trade Paperback,
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The trouble with you : a novel / by Feldman, Ellen,1941-author.;
"Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II when the men were coming home, the women were exhaling in relief, and everyone was having babies, The Trouble With You is the story of a young woman whose rosy future is upended in a single instant. Raised never to step out of bounds, educated in one of the Sister Seven Colleges for a career as a wife and mother, torn between her cousin Mimi who is determined to keep her a "nice girl" - the kind that marries a doctor - and her aunt Rose who has a rebellious past of her own, Fanny struggles to raise her young daughter and forge a new life by sheer will and pluck. When she gets a job as a secretary to the "queen" of radio serials - never to be referred to as soaps - she discovers she likes working, and through her friendship with an actress who stars in the series and a man who writes them, comes face to face with the blacklist which is destroying careers and wrecking lives. Ultimately, Fanny must decide between playing it safe or doing what she knows is right in this vivid evocation of a world that seems at once light years away and strangely immediate"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Blacklisting of authors; Nineteen fifties; Private secretaries; Single mothers; Widows;
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A traitor in Whitehall / by Kelly, Julia,1986-author.;
"1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as "The Parisian Orphan" as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father's old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use all of her amateur sleuthing expertise to find the killer. But doing so puts her right in the path of David Poole, a cagey minister's aide who seems determined to thwart her investigations. That is, until Evelyne finds out David's real mission is to root out a mole selling government secrets to Britain's enemies, and the pair begrudgingly team up. With her quick wit, sharp eyes, and determination, will Evelyne be able to find out who's been selling England's secrets and catch a killer, all while battling her growing attraction to David?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Orphans; Private secretaries; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The secrets we kept / by Prescott, Lara,author.;
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--the real-life story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago. At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dares publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world--using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, and under Sally's tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops and invisibly ferry classified documents. The Secrets We Kept combines a legendary literary love story--the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who was sent to the Gulag and inspired Zhivago's heroine, Lara--with a narrative about two women empowered to lead lives of extraordinary intrigue and risk. From Pasternak's country estate outside Moscow to the brutalities of the Gulag, from Washington, DC, to Paris and Milan, The Secrets We Kept captures a watershed moment in the history of literature--told with soaring emotional intensity and captivating historical detail. And at the centre of this unforgettable debut is the powerful belief that a piece of art can change the world.
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Private secretaries; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Royal holiday / by Guillory, Jasmine,author.;
"Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality. Malcolm Hudson has been the Queen's Private Secretary for years and has never given a personal, private tour ... until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling. Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy fling come New Year's Day ... or are they?"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Christmas; Dating (Social customs); Man-woman relationships; Private secretaries; Holidays;
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The Russian doll / by Palmer, Marina,author.;
How much did she just say the salary was? When Ruth Miller returns a dropped scarf to Elena Shilkov, she is whisked from a dreary house-share to a world of unimagined luxury. The super-rich Russian wants a new personal assistant and won't take no for an answer. In addition to more money than she has ever dreamed of earning, Ruth gets accommodation, a credit card, and a complete wardrobe makeover. And she's good at the job; distributing gifts, attending galas, dealing with the high-society movers and shakers fighting for Elenas attention. Then the sinister truth begins to reveal itself, that nothing is quite what it seems in Elenas dangerous, deceptive world. Ruth should get away. But its already too late.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Deception; Oligarchy; Private secretaries; Rich people; Russians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shoot the moon : a novel / by Arsén, Isa,author.;
When physics graduate Annie Fisk, a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, identifies an engineer's miscalculations, she is propelled into a new position where she's torn between her ambitions, her heart and a mysterious discovery that upends everything she knows to be scientifically true.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Apollo 11 (Spacecraft); Bisexual women; Physicists; Private secretaries; Women computer programmers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rizzio / by Mina, Denise,author.;
"From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history--the bloody assassination of David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the queen's chambers in Holyrood Palace. On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatises the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as it has never been told before. A dark tale of sex, secrets and lies, Rizzio looks at a shocking historical murder through a modern lens--and explores the lengths that men and women will go to in their search for love and power."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novellas.; Riccio, David, 1533?-1566; Riccio, David, 1533?-1566; Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587;
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