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She spun around. Simon had started to move toward her, but he was too late. As he took the final step she brought the tip of the blade up to rest against his throat like a lover’s caress. Simon stopped abruptly. The smile in his eyes deepened to something like admiration.
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Lord Greville’s Captive
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Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Prologue
Grafton, Oxfordshire, England
Summer 1641
It was high summer and the village of Grafton was garlanded for a feast to celebrate the betrothal of the Earl of Grafton’s only daughter to the eldest son of Fulwar Greville, the Earl of Harington. This dynastic match was no surprise, for the two Earls were old friends, one-time comrades in arms and godfather to each other’s children. It was a day of great rejoicing.
In her chamber in the west wing of the old manor house, Lady A
‘Do you like Lord Greville, Nan?’ A
‘Like his sire,’ commented Edwina, A
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In the week that the Earl of Harington and his son had been at Grafton, A
And yet, there had been a moment that had taken A
She had known that she should draw back in all modesty, but something had held her still, watching. The air had been warm from the heat of the day and full of the scent of honeysuckle. There had been no sound except the flutter of the doves settling in the cote.
Simon Greville had swung down from the saddle and then he had looked up, directly at A
‘Look at my lady’s face!’ Edwina said now, her own beaming. ‘You like him well enough, do you not, my pet, and quite right too! I’ll wager Lord Greville is a lusty man who will make you happy.’
One of the maids giggled.
‘Edwina!’ A
‘Peace, I beg you,’ she said. ‘I marry Lord Greville because it is Papa’s will.’
Edwina smiled. ‘That is all very well and good, pet, and indeed as it should be.’ She bustled around A
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‘I have been thinking,’ Edwina continued, ‘that as you have no mama to speak to you, I should take that role.’ She gestured to Muna. ‘Come closer, pet. You must listen too, for no doubt you will soon be wed as well.’
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