Dear Mr. Clemens,
There was a time when Chadwick Hall was home to a proud family. The Prescott ancestral estate was sought after for employment, the owners being fair and honorable people. Many among us served them in some capacity, whether within the home, upon the grounds, or carting deliveries to their property.
Twenty years ago, its new master cast a blight upon the family’s reputation and appalled the villagers with his treatment of one of their own. And then, as if nothing had happened, he returned to London without the consequence of his actions following him. He revisited Chadwick Hall as it suited him, brazen in his conduct, having learned nothing of honor or accountability.
Five years passed. A long overdue confrontation occurred. I need not speak of it. Those of us who have lived here all our lives know what happened. Prescott went too far. We know all too well the blame he carries. Folk here were deeply angered at this greater injustice. While he cared not what he had done, the family could no longer bear the shame of it. The Prescotts departed Chadwick Hall, never to return.
Only, now they are back. The fiend is not among them. Instead, his son resides at the Hall. A son who is every miserable inch the man his father was.
We who remember it all wish it to be known that the evils that were committed here are not distant enough in the past, nor will they ever be. The wound is raw. We see what manner of man is back amongst us. We watch. But we will not be silent any longer. This time we will protect our own. This is a warning and a promise.
With an eye ever upon them,
Someone who knows the truth.
Duke and Destiny, a novella
In the Dukes in Spring anthology
When Cassandra Richards, a lady’s companion of questionable birth, meets a man and his horse on a stormy afternoon, two love stories unfold. One will reveal her past and show her how to escape the attentions of a not-so-gentlemanly gentleman. The other… Well, let’s just say you’ll be hearing it from the horse’s mouth.
Released on 26 April
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Elizabeth Donne writes award-winning sweet Regency romance, a natural outpouring of a lifelong love affair with English literature.
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A subsequent article added the most horrific details. One could scarce believe our grand park would be the scene of such a disturbing event. According to a witness, Miss Sangford and her sister were riding at the fashionable hour when a man jumped out in front of them, wielding a knife! If it were not for the timely presence of Mr. Nathaniel Macrae, who chased the villain away, who knows what terrible consequences might have befallen the young ladies? The groom who accompanied them would certainly not have been armed. How would he have defended his master’s precious daughters?