With his elbow, he knocked a nearly empty decanter to the floor, crystal shattering and flying off in every direction. “Georgie!” he bellowed as he came to his feet, his eyes scanning the study where his sister Beatrice had learned her sums and later Greek and Latin. The curtains were open, weak ...
With a soft groan, she relaxed her aching muscles and allowed her body to slide down the side of the bed. She landed on her hands and knees, her braid falling to the floor as she bent her head in sorrow She listened to the silence of the room, the silence of the dark night outside her window. It ...
Not four weeks after Jack and Justine road down the long drive surrounded by melting snow, the temperature soared, the sun shone bright in the cloudless blue sky and the first crocuses broke through the dark soil. In the first week of March, Mr. and Mrs. Porter and their daughter and son-in-law a...
Frederick Grenville Whatever plans Charlotte thought to make were put on hold when Magnus went out to join the men patrolling the ranch, taking Tyler Morgan with him. Charlotte spent the remainder of the day tending to Sebastian, soothing his fears, cajoling him to eat a...
the exquisite woman exclaimed as she spun around to face the open door. Emily watched him hurry forward to greet the lady, his hands clasping hers tightly, a welcoming smile upon his lips. “Lady Bernice, what a pleasant surprise,” he greeted the lov...
When Charlie saw him winding his way through the overgrown flora, the boy came to so sudden a stop Henry plowed into his back, sending them both tumbling to the ground in a tangle of limbs. With a cackle of laughter a witch would envy, Meg leaped atop the pile of squirming...