Ava Stone [Regency Encounter In the Stars (epub)

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.IN THE STARSCopyright © 2014 by Ava StoneCover Design by Lily SmithAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without written permission.The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious.Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.Mom ~You have always loved stories that can’t truly be explained away.So this is for you.~AvaTable of ContentsOneTwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineteneleventwelvethirteenepilogueabout ava stonethe ben skrewd novellassneak peek of deb marlowe’s liberty and the pursuit of happinessIn the name and on the behalf of His Majesty.George PRGeorge the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, etc.To all to whom these Presents shall come greeting:Our Will and Pleasure is, and we do hereby declare and ordain, that from and after the date of this warrant, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Alexander Carrick shall be styled, entitled and called Nathaniel Alexander Carrick, Viscount Healeyfield in recognition for his bravery and valor in his defense of Our Kingdom.Such titles and appellations, which to him now do, or at any time hereafter may belong or appertain, in all Deeds, Records, Instruments or Documents whatsoever, wherein he may at any time hereafter be named or described.Given at Our Court at Carlton House the Eighth Day of March 1816 in the Fifty-Sixth Year of Our Reign.By the Command of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty.Sidmouth.April 1816 – LondonNathaniel Carrick, the 1st Viscount Healeyfield, sat behind his rented desk, staring at a pile of bills and cursing the day he was granted entrance into the peerage.He had neither asked for nor wished for a Royal Commendation.And he certainly hadn’t lobbied for a leaky abbey in County Durham to go along with his new viscountcy.None of that was neither here nor there at this point, however, but Nathaniel had no idea how he was to keep Healeyfield Abbey afloat.He certainly couldn’t do so with what was left of his officer’s commission.He scratched his brow, wondering what he could possibly sell, just to stay solvent.If he had a lucky bone in his body, he might try his fortunes at a Hazard table.But Nathaniel had never been terribly lucky in games of chance, and he couldn’t imagine squandering away what little he did have on the roll of a pair of dice.Not for the first time over the last sennight, he was plagued with the unfortunate truth that managing a battlefield was immeasurably easier than managing an estate.Life had been much simpler in the army.Things had made some modicum of sense.But this—“Nate, ye’re not going to make me call ye Lord Holy-whatever-ye-are-now, are ye?” his old friend Captain Griffin Reid asked from the threshold.Nathaniel glanced from his desk to the tall Scot who was leaning quite casually against the doorjamb.“Healeyfield,” he grumbled.“But from now on you can just refer to me as ‘Oh Great One’.”“Very well, Oh Great One,” Griff chuckled, “Ye’re looking rather glum this afternoon.Did ye just get word ol’ Boney is back in control of the French army?”Would that he was.At that unpatriotic thought, Nathaniel snorted.“At least if that were true I wouldn’t have to waste my time on this stack of rubbish.” He gestured dismissively towards the mound of bills on his desk.Griff pushed away from the door and sauntered further into the study.“That ol’ pile of stones again, huh?”Healeyfield Abbey.He’d never forget the moment he rode up to his new estate.The sun had settled on the old place just right, casting it in a warm glow and instilling more than a bit of pride in Nathaniel’s heart.Healeyfield Abbey was his.A legacy.Something of merit to be passed from one generation of his line of Carricks to the next [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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