Annabella [AUDIOBOOK]

When love is forbidden, a regency heart must choose between desire and duty. Annabella, was an orphan to be dead until a notorious modiste raised her as her child and made her a hard-working seamstress. When her guardian dies, Annabella is left all alone again, inheriting the modiste's shop full of debts... She must find a way to keep it afloat ... The grand opportunity presents itself: the Duchess announces a competition for all seamstresses and modistes. The winner will become the personal modiste to the Duchess and her daughter, Lady Patience. Pouring her heart and soul into every stitch, Annabella's life will change rapidly. The strict Duchess is her call of duty. The reclusive Lady Patience is her call for friendship. And the mysterious Gentleman is her call of love, passion and desire... threatening to ruin it all! A complicated situation arises, causing all of them to suffer, until the secrets of the past are revealed. In the cruel Regency society, Annabella's dreams will be dashed in the face of duty and obligation... Or maybe not?