Her muddled feelings confused her and she didn’t want to see Miles with her mind in this uncharacteristic chaos. She longed for exercise, to focus herself on controlling a difficult mount, anything that might help restore order to her disordered thoughts. She needed to know what had prompted the ...
Suddenly Ingram’s presence in their box at the opera took on a new and deadly significance. Had the marquis, bitter toward his faithless wife, sent for Ingram to rid him of the heir who would not be his own? Ingram would not be seriously suspected, for no reason appeared to exist for him to want ...
Should she curtsy? Not with much grace, that was certain. Why hadn’t she thought to ask before they got here?The countess extended a delicate hand. “How do you do, Miss Campbell? I am so pleased you could come. As you can see, we are the sole females present. Lady Paignton has been summoned to he...