Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune

Miss Million's Maid: A Romance of Love and Fortune is a novel written by Berta Ruck. The story follows the life of a young woman named Joan, who is hired as a maid by a wealthy woman named Miss Million. Despite the differences in their social status, Joan and Miss Million develop a close relationship, and Joan becomes a confidante and friend to her employer. As the story unfolds, Joan finds herself caught up in a romantic relationship with a man named Richard, who is also employed by Miss Million. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Richard is engaged to another woman, and Joan must navigate her feelings for him while trying to maintain her position as Miss Million's maid. Along the way, Joan also discovers secrets about Miss Million's past that shed light on the woman she has come to know and love. The novel is a tale of love, friendship, and the complexities of social class in early 20th century England.1917. Ruck, the wife of the well-known ghost story writer, Oliver Onions, was a prolific writer, publishing more than 100 books over the course of her long life, including a large number of novels. The novel begins: My story begins with an incident that is bound to happen some time in any household that boasts-or perhaps deplores-a high-spirited girl of twenty-three in it. It begins with a row about a young man. My story begins, too, where the first woman�������s story began-in a garden. It was the back garden of our red-roofed villa in that suburban street, Laburnum Grove, Putney, S.W.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.