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The countess and the butler

by Elizabeth Brodnax

Prince Michael of Estavia has been exiled from his kingdom by the new ruler. Left penniless in England, he resolves to take up employment as a butler at a country estate. He is taken aback though when he finds out that Natalie, the dowager countess he is to work for, is a beautiful young widow. Then when his sister Princess Antonia arrives for a house party, even more complications emerge.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?