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Authors: Tracie Peterson
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LADIES
of
LIBERTY
TRACIE PETERSON
A Lady of High Regard
Copyright © 2007
Tracie Peterson
Cover design by Brand Navigation/Deanna Pierce
Author photo by Mark Dixon
Cover photography by Steve Gardner, PixelWorks Studios, Inc.
Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
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Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Peterson, Tracie.
A lady of high regard / Tracie Peterson.
p. cm. — (Ladies of liberty; no. 1)
ISBN 978-0-7642-0401-2 (hardcover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7642-2777-6 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-0762-0402-9 (large-print pbk.) 1. Women journalists—Pennsylvania— Philadelphia—Fiction. 2. Socialites—Fiction. 3. Philadelphia (Pa.)— History—19th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.E7717L33 2007
813′.54—dc22
2007011981
To Ramona,
a beautiful lady of high regard
who has always been there for me.
I thank God for our blessing of friendship.
T
RACIE
P
ETERSON
is the author of over seventy novels, both historical and contemporary. Her avid research resonates in her stories, as seen in her bestselling H
EIRS OF
M
ONTANA
and A
LASKAN
Q
UEST
series. Tracie and her family make their home in Montana.
Books by Tracie Peterson
www.traciepeterson.com
A Slender Thread • What She Left For Me • Where My Heart Belongs
S
ONG OF
A
LASKA
Dawn’s Prelude • Morning’s Refrain • Twilight’s Serenade
A
LASKAN
Q
UEST
Summer of the Midnight Sun
Under the Northern Lights • Whispers of Winter
Alaskan Quest (3 in 1)
B
RIDES OF
G
ALLATIN
C
OUNTY
A Promise to Believe In • A Love to Last Forever
A Dream to Call My Own
T
HE
B
ROADMOOR
L
EGACY
*
A Daughter’s Inheritance • An Unexpected Love
A Surrendered Heart
B
ELLS OF
L
OWELL
*
Daughter of the Loom • A Fragile Design • These Tangled Threads
LIGHTS OF
L
OWELL
*
A Tapestry of Hope • A Love Woven True • The Pattern of Her Heart
D
ESERT
R
OSES
Shadows of the Canyon • Across the Years • Beneath a Harvest Sky
H
EIRS OF
M
ONTANA
Land of My Heart • The Coming Storm
To Dream Anew • The Hope Within
L
ADIES OF
L
IBERTY
A Lady of High Regard • A Lady of Hidden Intent
A Lady of Secret Devotion
R
IBBONS OF
S
TEEL
**
Distant Dreams • A Hope Beyond • A Promise for Tomorrow
W
ESTWARD
C
HRONICLES
A Shelter of Hope • Hidden in a Whisper • A Veiled Reflection
Y
UKON
Q
UEST
Treasures of the North • Ashes and Ice • Rivers of Gold
*
with Judith Miller
**
with Judith Pella
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29