A terrible secret lurks in the papers of the Windswept Plantation, and its revelation will ruin the Jamison family name. To Barrett Browning, however, the collection of correspondence, ledgers, and journals is a treasure trove of potential publications sure to gain her a valuable promotion at her...
Bruce,” Sedgwick said from the doorway of the study, his voice shaking. “They’re Defenders, I think.” Bruce looked up from the financial newspaper he was reading. It was about time they showed up. “Who are they?” “Only one gave his name, a Mr. Fergus Whipple,. When I explained you weren’t receivi...
The duel was in half an hour. Saxt had helped with the morning class, and everybody had a good time casting their first pentagons. Ben was making excellent progress on the spells he’d need to control a blade. She’d signed the agreement Miriam and th...
@page { margin-bottom: 10.000000pt; margin-top: 10.000000pt; } CHAPTER FIFTEEN Silence. They stared at each other. As she looked at Clay, right into his eyes where his pupils had darkened to leave only a rim of silver, Francie felt like the earth had just tilted on its axis. She had sat there, l...
@page { margin-bottom: 10.000000pt; margin-top: 10.000000pt; } CHAPTERTHIRTEEN “I’d like you to meet our Swords, John Baldwin and Grace Cabot,” Ed said after he’d welcomed Gloriana and her parents to the private dining room in the Boston HeatherRidge the following Saturday. “John’s on the Defend...