The Lady of Secrets by Susan Carroll

Author:Susan Carroll [Carroll, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780345536044
Publisher: Ballantine
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

MEG FASTENED THE BUTTONS OF HER PLAIN FROCK, GRATEFUL to be shed of the finery she had worn to Whitehall. Seraphine had not yet returned, so Meg had had to summon one of the maids to help free her from the cage of the close-fitting velvet gown, layers of petticoats, corset, and farthingale.

As soon as she was released, Meg had dismissed the girl, needing to be alone with her thoughts. As she had shrugged into her own simple dress, she had hoped to feel more herself, her sense of equilibrium restored. But her mind was in turmoil over her recent meeting with the king, Lord Salisbury’s veiled threats, and most of all, her suspicions regarding Sir Patrick.

Or should she say Robert Brody?

No, surely she was mad to entertain such a notion. Sir Patrick Graham was the scion of an old, established household. Even descending from more modest gentry, his family had to be well known.

That a boy from Scotland bent on revenge could assume the identity of an English knight, gain a position at court, even obtain the favor of the king … it was impossible.

She had nothing to base her suspicion upon except for a few unguarded moments when Sir Patrick had allowed his mask to slip, when he had revealed he knew Robbie’s name and when he had made that acid remark.

“James Stuart would not remember that boy, even if he tripped over him.”

Little enough to sustain such a wild supposition, and yet somehow in her heart, Meg was convinced. Robert Brody and Sir Patrick were the same person.

She had tried to study Sir Patrick more closely on the journey back from Whitehall. But he had retreated behind his familiar courteous façade. It struck Meg that he took great pains not to meet her eyes for too long, understandably wary after her performance with the king.

But Meg doubted that she could have read Sir Patrick’s eyes, no matter how hard she tried. She had never met any man better at guarding his thoughts and emotions. If he was Robert Brody, he would have had years of practice.

The question was how long could a man who had suppressed such a bile of rage and hatred endure before he erupted with all the violence of a volcano? When they had returned to the house, Sir Patrick had excused himself, declaring he had an important meeting to attend.

But a meeting with whom? Thomas Percy, the gentleman pensioner who had accosted Sir Patrick at Whitehall? The mysterious Mr. Johnston? Or even, heaven forbid, the witches who were haunting the king?

The more that Meg tried to sort out this intrigue, the deeper she stumbled into a fog where even the landscape of what she thought she knew became unfamiliar.

Only one thing was clear to her. If Sir Patrick Graham was indeed Robert Brody, then James Stuart was in grave danger and very likely Meg was as well. Because if Sir Patrick hated the king and had no wish to save him, why had

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