Heaven Bound (A Blakemore Family Book: Madame Lou Series Book 2) by Hoyt SaraLynn

Author:Hoyt, SaraLynn [Hoyt, SaraLynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-29T08:00:00+00:00

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Jackson quietly opened the door to the library, not wanting to disturb the house. He was finally making progress on the account books and needed to check one of those old photograph collections in order to confirm his suspicions. He just couldn’t leave it until the next day, knowing the house would be full of guests. Jack hadn’t been sleeping much recently anyway, so it wasn’t as if he’d look any worse than usual in the morning.

He entered the spacious room and headed straight for the section in the library where the family’s personal books were kept. Along with the more recent photography section that his father had created, there were several volumes of books that had been written by Bradley ancestors. No diaries had ever been found in the house, even in the many hidden panels, at least the ones they knew about. As with most elite families in Europe, personal papers and letters were burned upon the death of the Lord in question in order to protect his political legacy. Instead, the books in the library were mostly scientific theses and philosophical texts written by Jackson’s ancestors.

But one of the Bradley brothers’ great, great-uncles had apparently considered himself a playwright and had penned a few theater productions that sadly had never been produced on a large scale. That, of course, never stopped the family from acting out the plays in the privacy of their own home. Jack remembered how, as boys, he and his brothers had put on productions for their parents during the long winters when there was little else to do besides play hide and seek in the many hidden passages and secret rooms in the old mansion.

A soft moan coming from one of the sofas made Jackson freeze in his footsteps. He sincerely hoped he had not come upon a lovers’ tryst. But instead of sounds of lovemaking, the noise sounded more like one of the ghosts he and his brothers had imagined haunted the old mansion when they were lads. Then he heard it again. Quietly approaching the divan from behind, Jack peered over the high back to see if the otherworldly noises were human or spiritual. At first, all he saw were the flowing white robes that were spread on the dark background of the sofa, and he allowed his tired mind to imagine he was seeing a spirit from the other side. But then his eyes traveled to where the woman’s head rested on a cushion, her golden curls escaping from the long braid that rested on her slowly rising bosom.

Adeline.

Jack walked around to the front of the couch quietly, taking in the picture Addie presented, lying there with a book held loosely at her side. Her lovely heart-shaped face was serene in slumber. Her eyelashes fluttered slightly as she made some more quiet noises. Jackson watched as her full, pink lips mumbled unintelligible words before she suddenly gasped and sat up awake.

Adeline looked up, obviously startled by someone standing over her and she opened her mouth looking as if she were going to scream.

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