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Heather
Castell is a simple chambermaid working in an English countryside
inn when she meets Michael, Earl of Benedict, and they become fast
friends. Refusing all offers of help and money, Heather is content
to be the older man’s friend and confidant. Time passes and the two
are very close when a month goes by and Heather doesn’t hear
anything from him. When a man walks into the inn claiming to be the
Earl of Benedict, Heather knows something has happened to her friend
and becomes distraught.
Zachary can’t
believe his father allowed himself to be duped by a maid but sets
out anyway to give the woman the news of his father’s demise as well
as her part of his inheritance that his father left her. What he
finds makes his heart pound and his palms sweat. Heather Castell is
no simple maid, she is extraordinary and Zach finds he wants her for
his very own.
Zach doesn’t
count on Heather’s refusal to utilize his hospitality nor does
Heather count on falling in love.
Lord and
Master is extremely
poignant and very touching. I grieved for Heather’s friend right
along with her and I found myself angered at Zach’s attitude but I
couldn’t blame him. Heather was someone he didn’t know and the
thought that she might have insinuated herself into his father’s
life and bedroom was just not an option that Zach wanted to think
about.
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