The Three Evesham Daughters: Books 1-3: A Regency Romance Trilogy by Audrey Ashwood

Author:Audrey Ashwood [Ashwood, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

The night was far too short. When Brigid woke her the next morning, an image of the masked man immediately appeared before her eyes, almost as if she had just spoken to him in a dream. Felicity blinked against the bright morning sun as Brigid pulled open the curtains, energetically reminding her that it was time to get up. Her second sentence turned to ‘the priest’ again.

“I can’t believe it,” Brigid said as she handed Felicity a cup of tea. “The most attractive man in town accompanied us home,” she recalled in a dreamy voice.

Felicity was unable to suppress a smile at the woman’s unbridled enthusiasm. “How do you know that he is attractive? You were unable to see his face,” she pointed out. “Also, he just put us into a hackney and did not actually accompany us back home.”

“Almost, then,” Brigid replied and began with her usual preparations to get her lady dressed. “Even if his face is full of scars, it wouldn’t bother me. He has a good heart, and that’s all that matters.”

Felicity drank the rest of her breakfast chocolate and pushed aside her blanket. “If I could only be certain that he doesn’t have any bad intentions,” she pondered, “... then all of this would be so much easier to endure.”

“What more do you need as proof, my Lady?”

Felicity believed that she could hear a dismissive undertone in Brigid’s voice. It was possible that she was mistaken, since the woman had turned her back to her, while she searched for a suitable dress in Felicity’s wardrobe.

“Didn’t you tell me yourself that you didn’t want to get married to a fine lord? ‘The priest’ did not take any liberties with you, did he?” Felicity smiled furtively, because her maid had no desire to find an end in her praise of the boxer’s.

“I’ll tell you something, my Lady. I knew many men, you know that. Most did not ask me for my name… but he did.”

“It is just that…” Felicity began, but then shook her head. Every single one of her conversations with Brigid seemed to circle around ‘the priest.’

“Just trust him,” the woman said, before she turned Felicity around so she could start tying the corset.

Did she have any other choice?

She just could not stop thinking about the boxer. During breakfast, Rose complained about Felicity’s apparent reluctance to talk, and her mother, whose health had improved dramatically, had to repeat her question about the carriage ride with Lord Layton twice.

“It was a pleasant excursion,” Felicity replied, wondering if ‘the priest’ had kept his promise and given the letter to Joseph.

“Has Lord Layton said anything about his wanting to repeat the outing?” Her mother bit heartily into a slice of toast and took a sip of tea.

“No,” Felicity replied absentmindedly, wincing as her mother dropped the cup down into its saucer with a distinct clink. “I apologise, Mama. This entire time, I have been wondering if we do not have room for Joseph here in the house.”

“Who is

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