Schyler's Run: A Grateful Servant

Johnna Laughlin is the young stepdaughter of a traveling merchant, forced from her childhood home when her stepfather's attentions toward her become something more than fatherly. Reduced to working in the kitchen of a wealthy country aristocrat, Johnna is grimly determined to make the best of her new life when the master of the house starts making excuses to see her. But is the dark and mysterious Mr. Rothwell all that he appears to be? When Johnna probes deeper and begins to unravel secrets from his past, she must decide for herself whether she will stay to find out if the dangerous rumors surrounding her master are true, or if she should return home and face the humiliation and certainty of her stepfather's lust. This late eighteenth-century novel will have you gripping the edge of your seat for the second installment of a three-part series.