epub |eng | 2023-11-16 | Author:St Clair, Marnie

Chapter Fourteen “Helen tells me you’re leaving us,” Rachel said as she rung up Mary’s basket of groceries. There was an unmistakable note of disapproval in her tone. It wasn’t ...

epub |eng | 2023-12-28 | Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]

Chapter 13 “You did not have to do this, really,” Ellie repeated for what felt like the ninth time. “It was bad enough to force our company on you in ...

epub |eng | 2023-06-22 | Author:Luisa A. Jones [Jones, Luisa A.]

TWENTY-SIX ROSAMUND For the past two days Rosamund had missed Nellie even more than she’d expected to. As much as the housemaid Sarah had done her best to please, her ...

epub |eng | 2023-10-16 | Author:Alanna Lucas [Lucas, Alanna]

Chapter Seven Although Theodora was physically tired, her soul was restless, and she did not want to retire. She wanted to play the piano, to listen to Lord Grimsby play. ...

epub |eng | | Author:Maureen Lenker

CHAPTER 17 Joan was the one who’d pushed another woman into the lake. So why then did she feel as if she’d been doused with cold water? When she’d come ...

epub |eng | 2023-11-15 | Author:Lavinia Glen

TWENTY MINUTES LATER, he was walking through the connecting door to her bedchamber. He noticed with bittersweet emotion that she had extinguished most candles. He would have loved to see ...

epub |eng | 2021-07-21 | Author:Scarlett Scott [Scott, Scarlett]

The familiar sway of the train over its tracks and the torpor of the countryside was not as calming to Roland today as he ordinarily found it to be. But ...

epub |eng | 2023-09-02 | Author:Joanna Shupe [Shupe, Joanna]

Baxter The delicious flavor of her filled my head. I licked my lips and smiled. “I’d happily tongue you day and night, if you allowed it.” “Why on earth would ...

epub |eng | 2022-10-15 | Author:Allyson Jeleyne [Jeleyne, Allyson]

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The purser’s assistant gave Louisa the information she sought. He directed her downstairs to the lowest level of first-class accommodations. The majority of cabins were located on the ...

epub |eng | 2023-06-20 | Author:Antonia Falk [Falk, Antonia]

Chapter Twelve The name hit her like a bucket of icy water, and she wrenched free. She turned about to see Francis there, alone in the dark hallway, watching them ...

epub |eng | 2023-08-07 | Author:Raneé S. Clark

Chapter Thirteen Isabella stared down before her at the fillet of beef in what was likely a rich, delicious mushroom sauce. She pushed some across her plate, glanced at Preston ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jamie Brenner

Chapter 15 “YOU HAVE A visitor in the parlor, Mrs. Delacorte,” Rafferty said. His usually professional demeanor was punctuated by small smile as he took in her new appearance. Charlotte ...

epub |eng | 2023-05-15 | Author:Kat Sterling [Sterling, Kat]

CHAPTER 14 Mack finished scrubbing out the bucket and took a moment to appreciate the cold sea water and sand between his toes. He hadn’t expected to fall back into ...

epub |eng | 2022-01-20 | Author:Cecelia Tichi

Chapter Fifteen THE PREPOSTEROUS RUMOR APPARENTLY had spread widely. I couldn’t eat another bite, and Roddy pushed away his ham and cheese. “Gossip needs oxygen,” my husband said, “and the ...

epub |eng | 2011-12-15 | Author:Carole Mortimer

CHAPTER FIVE “I trust you are not hiding out here because you are annoyed with me, pet?” Bastian prompted softly as he moved silently to the end of the darkened ...