Review: Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
Not my favorite of  MD's  account of the Kellingtons, so far. Ned Kellington meets Jane Wetherby during the war against Napoleon; Jane saves his life by doctoring his leg wound and he saves her from attack by two Frenchmen. The result of their meeting leaves her pregnant. They meet again six years later; Jane and her daughter live on a meager stipend from her grandfather and she gives medical care to the villagers in her area. She doesn't tell Ned about his daughter, Violet, and he becomes quite attached to the child. He later discovers that she is his child and starts making decisions that he will now care for Jane and Violet but Jane has a lot of pride and rebels against his offers at first. Ned is expected to offer marriage to Madeleine Merriman but he has decided he wants Jane, not Madeleine, but that doesn't stop Madeleine from attempting to snare Ned.