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Content levels
ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
sexual assaultdubious consent
Positive tags
slow burnfound familyhealing arc
Tropes
Forbidden LoveFriends to LoversSlow BurnHistorical RomanceWorkplaceClass Struggle RomanceProtectorAge Gap
Themes
class strugglelove vs dutycoming of agepower and corruptionidentity
Synopsis
She is the downstairs maid; he is the Master's son. Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the house, Richard. But Hetty is just a poor servant girl: what hope does she have of either winning Richard's heart or escaping his older brother's more base attentions?
Tags
Upstairs/Downstairs RomanceHistorical FictionSagaWorking Class Fiction