I loved the story of Amelia and Captain William Drake. Amelia has married Lord Lockwood by proxy who just happens to be Captain Drake's brother. Captain Drake is charged with transporting Amelia on his ship to England to contest the validity of the marriage. The adventures that happen on the s...
Emma’s words still rang in his ears. Her simple declaration meant more than she could know. He did not think any words spoken to him in his entire life had touched his heart in such a way. Certainly not from his own family. He was a means to their lifestyle, and they had little interest in how he...
To be honest, he felt positively giddy. Assuming a man could feel such an emotion. He’d left the castle directly after seeing Meg to her room, not returning to the side hallway to fetch the “haunting equipment”; instead he’d sent a servant. The duke’s well-trained man no m...
He was astonished to realize the answer—she simply treated him as a friend. He tried to remember ever being treated that way before. There had been tutors and playmates, under obligation to associate with him. Later, college classmates and women sought his attention and attempted to impress him. ...