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Rescue her daughter, destroy her dragons, defeat his demons, return to his lonely life. How hard can it be?<\b> “I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved… the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.” George Eliot Susan Cunningham’s pleasant life as a fashionable, dashing, and respectable widow is disrupted when her daughter disappears from school, chasing a French spy up the Great North Road. When Susan sets out after her, her childhood friend and adult nemesis, Gil Rutledge, insists on coming too. Gil Rutledge has loved Susan since she was ten and he a boy of twelve, despite her clear wish to have nothing to do with him. If he can serve her by rescuing her daughter, he will. And if their old friendship can be revived, even better. He has no right to ask for more. Gil and Susan must overcome danger, mystery, ghosts from the past, and their own pride before their journey is complete.
Author
Have you ever wanted something so much you were afraid to even try? That was me ten years ago. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a novelist. I even started dozens of stories, over the years. But life kept getting in the way. A seriously ill child who required years of therapy; a rising mortgage that led to a full-time job; six children, my own chronic illness… the writing took a back seat. As the years passed, the fear grew. If I didn't put my stories out there in the market, I wouldn't risk making a fool of myself. I could keep the dream alive if I never put it to the test. Then my mother died. That great lady had waited her whole life to read a novel of mine, and now it would never happen. So I faced my fear and changed it—told everyone I knew I was writing a novel. Now I'd make a fool of myself for certain if I didn't finish. My first book came out to excellent reviews in December 2014, and the rest is history. Many books, lots of positive reviews, and a few awards later, I feel foolish for not starting earlier. I write historical fiction with a large helping of romance, a splash of Regency, and a twist of suspense. I then try to figure out how to slot the story into a genre category. I'm mad keen on history, enjoy what happens to people in the crucible of a passionate relationship, and love to use a good mystery and some real danger as mechanisms to torture my characters. Dip your toe into my world with one of my lunch-time reads collections or a novella, or dive into a novel. And let me know what you think.
