As a bit of a wallflower myself, I can relate to Estella’s people pleasing tendencies.ĭexter is a driven, hardworking, and complex man. It’s so easy to lose sight of who you are when you conform to the expectations of social class and family name. She embraces her little adventure as a companion named Ella and uses the unique circumstances to rediscover her authentic self. Goodreads | Amazon My Thoughtsįollowing the dramatic events in The Bound Heart, wallflower of the Everstone family, Estella, is sent into hiding. But will he still love her when he finds out she’s Estella Everstone? She’s not entirely sure. Throughout her interactions with Dexter, she can’t deny the pull that’s evidenced between them every time he comes near.Įstella realizes that while she’s been hiding behind a false name and identity, she’s never been freer to be herself than when she’s with Dexter Blakeley.
She sees no other choice aside from going back home to her family and accepts the position as companion to his sister. When Estella finds herself in need of help, Dexter comes to the rescue with an offer she can’t refuse. Reeling from her feelings of being unwanted and unworthy, Estella reluctantly forms a friendship with the gruff manager of Everston, Dexter Blakeley, who seems to have something against wealthy young socialites with too much money, although they are just the kind of people Everston caters to. The one thing she doesn’t like about the situation is that her ex-fiancé is in the area and is set on marrying someone else. Sent away for protection, hotel heiress Estella Everstone finds herself living undercover as a lady’s companion named Elle Stoneburner at one of her father’s opulent hotels in the mountains of Maine-the one she’d always loved best and always hoped to own one day, Everston.
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