Eilidh screamed again, clearly frightened out of her wits, but Seton aimed his other pistol at her and told her to shut up. ‘If you don’t, you’ll be next,’ he warned. Poor Eilidh blinked, but closed her mouth, only emitting a series of hiccoughing sobs. Marsaili rounded on Seton. ‘Have you lost y...
You’re letting all the cold air in underneath the furs.’Jamie tried to sound stern – putting on what he’d privately dubbed his ‘fatherly’ voice – but he couldn’t help a smile from tugging at his mouth. He, Zar and Roshani were travelling by sled towards Askeberga, his parents’ manor house deep in...
The youngest rushed outside, presumably to saddle his own horse before collecting Snowflake on the way out of the stable. How he would manage Roger’s fierce warhorse, Sibell had no idea. The huge animal normally took exception to being handled by anyone not known to him and he would know somethin...
It was late afternoon, the day after Mr Gainsborough and his nephew had finally departed. Only two customers sat nursing a tankard each by the fire, but they both looked up at the same time as Jago. Their mouths gaped when they saw who came striding in. Sir John Marcombe. ...
Maddie was surrounded by temptations and the one she found herself unable to resist the most was another visit to Dartmouth.Quite what she hoped to achieve, she didn’t know, but she had a vague idea that if she went there often enough she might find the answers she was looking for. She’d Googled ...
This was so unusual for the normally unflappable butler that Jason stopped in his tracks. ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘It’s her ladyship, my lord. She’s been in there,’ Melmoth nodded towards the blue salon, ‘for nigh on an hour now, closeted with your relative, that Mr Gervaise.’ ‘You cannot be serious...