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Product Description Nothing is more important to Rupert J. Willows than the image he has built to hide the deep secret of his true identity. A master manipulator, the ruthless and charismatic Rupert schemes his way into the upper class when he purchases the opulent mansion, Ravenscraig Hall. It is the turn of the 20th century in one of the fastest growing cities in North America; a brawling, raucous, frontier boomtown with a taste for fine theatre and loose women. True power is within Rupert's grasp as long as his secret stays buried. Malka Zigman is a survivor. Orphaned in London, she has just joined her Uncle Zev and his hardworking Jewish family in Canada. Recent immigrants who escaped from poverty and violence in czarist Russia, the Zigmans struggle to put down roots in the New World. With family resources stretched thin, Malka takes a risk. Everything is about to change as she reinvents herself as Maisie Rosedale and crosses over to the exclusive world of "the English" as the new maid at Ravenscraig. Review Wonderful...Welcome to Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs with a Winnipeg twist. - Winnipeg Free Press Sandi Altner reminds me of a young Isaac Bashevis Singer. The flow of the story is wonderful, from the poverty and hard lives of the family overseas and their dreams of reuniting with loved ones in London... to the sale of Ravenscraig and the efforts of Willows to get into Winnipeg's high society. Excellent and gripping. - CTV Montreal Ravenscraig provides a fascinating insight into early Jewish migration. - Winnipeg Jewish Post and News From the Author I am a writer, Titanic fanatic, and former television news reporter with a keen interest in social history. My first novel, Ravenscraig was first published in Canada by Heartland Associates, and was launched on November 29, 2011 to an amazing r