The Chautauqua Belles

THE CHAUTAUQUA BELLES

FROM A MANSION ON BUFFALO'S DELAWARE AVENUE TO THE SHORES OF IDYLLIC CHAUTAUQUA, THE SECRETS OF A BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN MAID ARE BEST LEFT HIDDEN.

After the death of both parents and the sale of the farm, eighteen-year-old Rebecca Galloway is hired as a parlor maid in the Eaton's Buffalo mansion in 1885. Her life becomes a nightmare with a secret so awful that she prays no one will find out. But it can't stay hidden, and the consequences are not what anyone expected.

The Chautauqua Belles is a stand-alone first book in The Tour of Mansions series, imaginary stories that take place in real mansions that are open to the public. This book features:

the Fenton Mansion in Jamestown, New York (the model for the Eaton mansion)
the Wilcox Mansion on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo
the Hotel Athenaeum at the Chautauqua Institution