Two hours later, Prue returned from the meeting with Tolliver. Allen opened the door to her knock. “There is a visitor, Miss Virtue. He asked for Mr. Wakefield. I told him the master was out of town, but he said he would leave a note, and then Mrs. Smith came Read more…
David frowned at the fire in the small hearth. The private parlour he had hired was small and shabby, but at least its size made it easy to heat. And it was neutral ground, which mattered. David hadn’t had a prolonged conversation with his expected guest in a decade and Read more…
Jules smiled, remembering Mia’s courage. “She fled when I told her to run, and came to get you. Lucky for us you were here, by the way. I thought she might have trouble convincing anyone at the castle to take action.” “Hmmm.” Aldridge picked up his fork and then put Read more…
The Marquis of Aldridge, heir to the Duke of Haverford, is 21, just down from Oxford. Lord Nicholas Northope, second son of the Duke of Wellbridge has been, at 27, racketing about England unchecked a fair few years without much purpose. And the trajectories of both young lives are about Read more…