Sojourn With a Stranger

Description

Raine Brinsley is penniless after her parents drowned at sea. Sent by the local minister to Stafford House, she applies for a job as a servant. Despite the alarm bells going off in her head, she accepts the offer of employment. She has one goal in mind, to return to her beloved grandfather in Maine.

Lord of the Manor, Derek Stafford, has his own dilemmas to worry about. His wife committed suicide after several babies were stillborn. Derek and his brother, Lyman, race to produce the first male heir of Stafford House. The winner will receive the title to the eloquent manor and an enormous sum of money from their father.

Derek decides the beautiful Raine will make the perfect surrogate. If only he can convince the woman that signing a contract to bear his son will serve them both. She can return to her grandfather and Derek will inherit a life of luxury.

Dark stirrings are afoot at Stafford House. A ghost haunts the halls and the spirit is intent on exposing her killer to Raine. Steeped in murderous plo