In this Ugly Duckling retelling, New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson brilliantly crafts a high-stakes, encouraging tale about a brave young woman, the true meaning of beauty, and the power of love.
Praise for Castle of Refuge : When it comes to happily-ever-afters, Melanie Dickerson is the undisputed queen.-- Julie Lessman , award-winning author.
When the man Audrey\'s father wanted her to marry comes looking for her, she and Edwin must make life-changing decisions about what to believe and whether or not love is truly worth trusting.
All he knows is that he\'s quickly becoming smitten with her.
Meanwhile, Edwin--Lord Dericott--is curious about the new, well-educated servant\'s identity.
But she doesn\'t count on falling in love with the young and handsome Lord Dericott, who lost his arm several months earlier and bears scars of his own.
While there, she decides to keep her identity a secret and work as a servant in the castle.
She is taken in at Dericott Castle to be nursed back to health.
Life outside her home is dangerous, and Audrey soon finds herself attacked, sick, and in desperate need of help.
When her father announces his plans to marry off his damaged daughter and bring Maris home, Audrey decides to flee in search of her true destiny.
Though Maris was sent away, twenty-year-old Audrey is still suffering the scars of her sister\'s cruelty.
But as the daughter of a viscount born in late fourteenth-century England, the only thing expected of her was to marry--until an act of malice by her sister, Maris, four years ago damaged her face and her prospects.
Ever since she was a child, Audrey wanted her life to be extraordinary.
In this Ugly Duckling retelling, New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson brilliantly crafts a high-stakes, encouraging tale about a brave young woman, the true meaning of beauty, and the power of love
