They married for convenience, but it wasn't very convenient.
An earl's daughter and a middleclass businessman come to terms with each other, and in doing so, discover that class distinctions scarcely matter when it comes to everyday family life.
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Treading quietly on the paving stones he approached the heap of leaves and grass clippings, but before he could reach it a youth stepped out from behind the stone wall.
“Mr. Monfort?” he whispered.
Not a vagrant then. How would a vagrant know his name?
“Yes.” Matthew saw no reason why he should whisper too. This was his home after all.
“I need to talk to you. I was just going to call out when you…”
“…threw my cheroot at you,” Matt finished for him, grinning. “Sorry.”
“Er…yes.” The youth’s lips twitched and he brushed at a scorch mark on his jacket.
“Did it burn you?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“So…what is wrong with my front door?”
“Your front door?” the boy repeated, looking puzzled.
“All my other callers come via the front entrance.”
The boy glanced furtively behind him. “I must not be seen.”
“Why? What have you done?”
Fifth Book of the Southern Swallow Series. Nan Ya and his crew take a final adventure into a mythical Chinese universe and become entangled in court intrigue.
Ireland 1944.. A young man’s body is pulled from the River Lee. He’s wearing a distinctive silver ring that belonged to Paudy Daly, the eldest son of the notorious Mixer Daly. Why?
