Jenefer glanced up from the list of provisions they needed. She knew Maggie was busy in the kitchen but surely Treeve had heard? The tattoo was repeated indicating otherwise. So where was he? Rarely where he was needed. Sighing Jenefer hurried out into the hall. As she opened the front door her b...
He would only just make it in time. But his thoughts, instead of being on the coming meeting, kept returning to his unexpected encounter with Chloe, and her reaction. He no longer had any doubts. Her attraction to him was as strong as his was to her. Clearly she was clearly suffering because of i...
All right, Mr Penrose?’ Broad murmured. Tucking the book under her arm, Kerenza took them. Now wrapped in strips of blanket, their warmth was instantly comforting. ‘Thank you,’ she whispered. ‘Tea’s here, miss,’ Toy added. ‘I...
‘It is a superb exhibition, Antonia.’ ‘Thank you, Robert.’ ‘I’ll see you on Friday, then.’ Though Antonia’s eyes shone in her flushed face and her smile was wide and warm, Caseley knew it was not for Robert Pawlyn, but for the man who had just left. ‘Will you excuse us for a moment?’ Jago drew Pa...
Phoebe noticed clouds massing low on the western horizon. But they were much too far away to be of concern. After an hour’s hard work she pegged her washing inside the hammock netting, rubbed a nourishing calendula and arnica cream into wrinkled reddened hands, and retired to a corner of the ster...
‘But why?’ The tone was hushed, shocked and anxious. ‘I don’t understand. Grace was devoted to her mother. Louise adored that garden.’ ‘An emotional breakdown can have all kinds of causes. Louise’s ill health placed the entire family under considerable strain. As her mother’s devoted carer Grace ...
If her father with all his knowledge and experience had slithered into a financial quagmire, what made her think she could redeem the situation? It was ridiculous. Impossible. The alternative? Acceptance. Oddly enough, society would blame her less for admitting defeat than...