Daughter Bereaved — Guy Antibes

Daughter Bereaved - The First Book in the Sara Featherwood Series. When Sara Featherwood's mother dies, her life is thrown into turmoil at Brightlings Manor located in a remote district of Shattuk Downs. She is forced to pick up the broken pieces of her shattered family, buit life becomes worse when her father, the Squire, sets his roving eye on her best friend. Dreading her new life, Sara escapes to the Tarrey Abbey Women's School. Seeking solace in education doesn't work as her world becomes embroiled with spies, revolution, and to top it all off, her best friend becomes her worst enemy. --- In Shattuk Downs, a reclusive land in the kingdom of Parthy, Sara Featherwood could be a Jane Austen heroine with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other. Sara's fictional world abounds in family secrets, intrigue, the aristocracy, new discoveries and adventure with plenty of romance. HISTORICAL FICTION