In anticipation of the upcoming release of His Scandalous Kiss, I will be writing a few short stories featuring Thorncliff and guests who have not been included in any of the books. This is just for fun - a little freebie for you, my lovely readers. Thank you for your support :)
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Harriett Gaverdine, daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Rockburn, was positively convinced that Simon Shaw - rogue, rake and reprobate
extraordinaire - had to be the most vexing man in existence; a man without whom
her sojourn at Thorncliff would have been rather lovely. Regrettably, however,
he’d arrived on the same day as her, and had, since then, taken every
opportunity imaginable to insult her in some horrid way. Like yesterday, when he'd
told her that it wouldn't hurt her figure if she refrained from eating teacake,
or this evening after supper, when he'd commented on the color of her
gown.
"It makes you look like a corpse," he'd told her
dryly.
Had she not been so shocked by his statement, she would
have slapped the intolerable cad. Or at least she liked to imagine that she
would have. Realistically, ladies did not resort to such unrestrained bursts of
violence. But that didn’t mean that they didn’t feel the need to.
