Alex Goodward and the Secret Ledger

The year is 1800, and England is not a kind place for a woman on the brink of ruin. For Alexandrina Goodward, escape can only mean subterfuge. She takes the persona of Lilly Green and vanishes into the countryside, with the help of her supposed aunt, Mrs. Green, and her occasionally ditzy brother.

But the deception, and the risk, rises to another level when Alex is forced to take on a new persona in order to keep her new household running. She becomes Alex Goodward, a well-read and scholarly...