These stories will showcase a world of intrigue and romance, somewhere everyone can hopefully find a character to identify with as the colonists and Xhosa battle for their ideas and the love which renews and gives life. Stay in touch. Sign up at www.vanessariley.com for my newsletter. You’ll be ...
The birth had gone all wrong. Eliza wasn't going to make it. Precious coddled the newborn in her arms, smoothing linen about his tiny body. He looked mighty content, for all the ruckus his early comin' caused. Lowering her gaze to the sweat-dampened bedsheets, the spatters of crimson swaddling th...
"Ma'am, that's the last one. If you don't need anything else, I'll be on my way." She handed him a glass of cooled tea. "Thank you. Your captain would be proud." A small smile popped onto his face as he swatted his brow of sweat. The fifteen or sixteen year-old guzzled the liquid. Hopefully it wa...
Barrington fumed. The gaoler was nowhere to be found, so no answers to why Smith's execution would be rushed. What had changed? And by whose orders? Finally, the lock clicked. The guard flung the door open, allowing Barrington inside. Smith looked pale, white like the cuffs on Barrington's evenin...