EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 14, 1780 Mayfair, London Celia stood alone on the edge of the ballroom, waiting for Rear-Admiral Lord Rathbone to bring her the cup of lemonade she’d expressed a desire for. It wasn’t an idle desire, either: Her need for citrus was reaching crisis …
And so begins a post (or series of them) (you know how wishy-washy I am) on Dunham, the privateer-heroine and pirate-hero Revolutionary War swashbuckler, which, for those of you not following the serial, will be available for sale July 4, 2013. To kick it off, here’s the final cover for …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 6, 1780 Grosvenor Square, London “It’s done,” Admiral Lord Hylton said tightly, staring over Elliott’s head, out the window of his library to the sun-drenched May day. “I was fortunate in Covarrubias. I think he will take good care of her.” Elliott lazed …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 3, 1780 Casa de Covarrubias Mayfair, London She wept into Rafael’s bare chest that night, and the years fell away. I swear to God I don’t know what to do with you, Lass. Ach, don’t look at me like that. I’m not going to …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 3, 1780 Grosvenor Square, London Admiral Lord Hylton had aged so badly since Celia had last seen him, she could not control her gasp. “My lord,” the butler intoned from his position at Celia’s side in the threshold of the admiral’s library, “your …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 2, 1780 Rathbone House Mayfair, London “Marianne, I understand and respect your concerns,” Marquess Rathbone said as he paced in front of Celia and her mother, seated comfortably in the library Celia had not touched since Rathbone’s return. “But I am also in …
I had several ideas for this post’s title: “I’m not one of you.” “Repeating myself” “Tired of the sound of my own voice” “Being silent” “Serial starter” Anyway, all of them are pertinent to my point, but they all mean different things. I’ll take them one by one. “I’m not …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 1, 1780 Berkeley Square, London Elliott had taken Covarrubias at his word, and so was shocked when the man stalked out of the ballroom not a moment after he had told Elliott to bugger off. Since there were five more minutes until the …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF May 1, 1780 Berkeley Square, London The soprano’s last notes hung over the inhabitants of the ballroom like a noxious fog. What was worse, the woman was performing the very opera that had defeated seventeen-year-old Celia’s hopes to make her mark in the world …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF April 29, 1780 Mélisande Gables Berkeley Square, London “There is no way in hell I’ll wed that woman,” Elliott snarled at his brother as he stormed into his library after having divested himself of that ridiculous costume. “That bad?” “Helpless. Soulless.” He ran his …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF April 29, 1780 Grosvenor Square, London Celia saw Lord Tavendish as soon as he entered the ballroom, prancing like an overly decorated mare on parade. His wig was two feet high and powdered pure white, as was his face, which had at least six …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF April 29, 1780 Mélisande Gables Berkeley Square, London I will give it some thought, Admiral, but your daughter is nigh thirty and I need a countess who has better childbearing odds. I understand your position, Commander, but with your history, you may not have …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF April 28, 1780 Rathbone House Mayfair, London Celia did not know quite how she expected Woman to act after two months aboard a privateer vessel after having been lashed with a cat and set to cleaning up after one hundred twenty-four people’s bodily wastes, …
Orson Scott Card doesn’t make a hill of beans’ worth of difference to me. I never read him until I was an adult (and haven’t read Ender’s Game), I was underwhelmed with the Alvin Maker series, and aside from his strong views on homosexuality, he has some other truly whacko …
EPUB • KINDLE • PDF April 28, 1780 Mélisande Gables Berkeley Square, London “Oh, Lord,” came a dismayed male voice from the direction of the foyer. “Mother’s here.” “Yes, and you two are an absolute disgrace!” Dowager Countess Tavendish snapped from her wheeled chair at the top of the …