IT WAS CONNECTED TO the mainland by a narrow causeway. But time and tide were slowly eroding the rocky stretch. Only the most intrepid of riders ventured across it now and none dared attempt it during a storm. Both horse and rider were far too likely to end up in the sea. Sheltered beneath a stan...
The bleak gardens and orchard below and the trees shorn of their foliage by winter looked all the better for having the mantle of night drawn over them. The captain gave a restless sigh, the floorboards of the room seeming too solid. It usually took him several days to accustom himself to the abs...
Knights sprouted instead of flowers, stalwart young men in various stages of donning armor called greetings and taunts to one another while their squires flew about polishing weapons. The sun beating through the canvas promised that it would be a warm day’s work. Remy paused to wipe a drop of swe...
His lordship slapped down on the reins of the hired tilbury, but the gray mare pulling the carriage set its own pace regardless. He did not attempt to urge the horse again and settled lazily back against the seat. He was not in a hurry for once. "Brighton, Miss Vickers," Ravenel said, drawing in ...
Tonight the myth-born sentinels seemed almost benign, the gates flung back to admit the stream of elegant equipages inching their way past the tree-lined square toward the Tuileries. But Belle shifted away from the coach window that framed the brilliance of the distant palace beyond the iron bars...