The Maid And The Millionaire
ANNA NOWELL stared at the telephone receiver she had just hung up. "Okay, don't panic," she told herself. "This is just a little bump in the road. Nothing to worry about."
But even as she whispered the words, she knew there was everything to worry about.
For two years she had been house-sitting Morning View Manor, the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, mansion be-longing to Donovan Barrett, Anna's wealthy employer and absentee owner. In all that time, Mr. Barrett had never once stepped foot on this beautiful lakefront property. With the exception of the gardeners who showed up to take care of the manicured grounds, Anna had lived here alone, playing at being lady of the manor.
Now Donovan Barrett was coming here. What was that going to mean for her?
A lump formed in Anna's throat. She knew what it meant. It meant that a house sitter was no longer nec-essary. She was going to lose her job.
She ran one hand over the rich golden oak of a nearby table and stroked the lush dusky-blue upholstery of a chair. Her days of pretending that she belonged here, that she had been born to privilege, were over, but not being able to pretend that this fanta ... read full excerpt from The Maid and the Millionaire ebook
