Amanda Bartz

In a Corner of the Housetop Amanda Bartz

All his life Derek has searched for the truth about the parents he never knew: a father who died before he was born and a mother who followed soon after. After thirteen years of living and working on the Worthington Plantation-where his parents worked before him-he finally begins to think he'll never know who they were or what happened to them. Then one day, Jonathan, the eldest son of the household, and his wife come to stay. As the new visitors stir up still waters at the plantation, facts surrounding Derek's heritage slowly unravel. While Derek struggles to find the answers he has desperately wanted his whole life, Mrs. Worthington does everything she can to make sure he never learns the truth. In the second book of the trilogy, Catherine's family come to visit Worthington Plantation. Derek returns to the main house to help with the increased workload of serving extra guests and finds that things have started to change. Jonathan is slowly assuming his role as head-of-house, resulting in tension between him and his mother, especially as he becomes more willing to talk about Derek's mother.