TY - BOOK AU - Bradford,Barbara Taylor TI - In the lion's den T2 - The House of Falconer SN - 9781643587547 PY - 2021/// CY - Thorndike, Maine PB - Center Point Large Print KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Social classes KW - Secrecy KW - Family secrets KW - Merchants KW - Shipping companies (Marine transportation) KW - Employees KW - London (England) KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Victoria, 1837-1901 KW - Large type books KW - Novels KW - lcgft KW - Domestic fiction KW - Historical fiction N1 - Regular print version previously published by: St. Martin's Publishing Group; Sequel to: Master of his fate N2 - James Lionel Falconer has become the right-hand man of the head of London's most prestigious shipping company. Can James continue to be the master of his own fate, even after entering the lion's den?; James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems inevitable. Then a terrible fire threatens to end his merchant career before it's had a chance to truly begin. Mrs. Ward, James' former paramour, has a secret that could change his life forever. And his distaste for Alexis Malvern is slowly growing into feelings of quite a different sort. -- adapted from back cover ER -