Helen doesn't really want to stay in the dirty, old castle with a beast of a man who is too uncivilized for words and scares her children. Alistair doesn't want a housekeeper, least of all a beautiful one with children - a lady who is obviously running away from a man and whose children are scared of his scars, an obvious reminder of what he lost. However, due to her desperate circumstances, Helen has no choice but to straighten her shoulders and go forth with her plans, if nothing else for her children's sake.Īlistair and Helen's initial interactions are both highly amusing and sad. He doesn't expect anything different from her - this beautiful woman and unsolicited housekeeper who just shows up at his doorstep. On a dark and stormy night, Helen and her children arrive at Castle Greaves in Scotland where she plans on becoming Sir Alistair Munroe's housekeeper. During their initial meeting, Helen is left speechless by Sir Alistair's appearance and rudeness. There's no question from Hoyt's physical description of Sir Alistair that he is not a sight easy to behold.
He decided to spare society the sight of his horribly scarred face after returning from a three-year journey in the Colonies where he was a victim of terrible torture during the Spinners Falls massacre. Sir Alistair Munroe, a renowned naturalist, has been residing at Castle Greaves as a recluse for five years with one servant as company. With a letter of reference, two bags of clothing, and using false identities, Helen and her children need a place to hide and find themselves in a desperate situation. After years of living in fear, neglect and humiliation, Helen finally finds the courage to take her children and run away from the Duke. Helen Fitzwilliam has been mistress to the Duke of Lister since age seventeen, and they have two illegitimate children from this relationship, Abigail and Jamie.
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