Dear Secret Agent,
Cathleen Wilson died. Twice. First, giving birth to her only child. And again, willingly sacrificing her own life to save that of another. Each time she was chosen, as only the purest of heart are, and given another chance at life, at happiness. Now, she has come back once more, her final chance. With her memories wiped clean, as each time before, she struggles just to survive the less than ideal hand life has dealt her.
Desperate and penniless, two young sisters embark on a journey to a new land. The older sister, Cathleen, affectionately called Cat, plans to try and pass herself off as her former employer, a self-centered wealthy heiress, to the woman’s
betrothed. Theirs was an arranged engagement and neither had seen each other since childhood. The groom-to-be, Duke Samuel Epworth, proves to be more than the sisters bargain for, though. The dangerously astute and devilishly handsome womanizer quickly becomes the one man Cat finds it impossible to fool or refuse. His persistence and charm soon wears downs her resistance.
At first, seeing her as a challenge, Samuel is determined to learn the secrets behind the man who is following Cat and what lies in her past that makes her so untrusting of men. But, when his feelings become engaged, he realizes that the challenge just may be getting her to let him inside of the protective walls she has built around her wounded heart. In the end he must enlist the assistance of the secret protectors of the Dark Forest to aid him in his quest to save Cat from her pursuers and even…herself.
Secrets Revealed is a 96,500-word paranormal romance set in the mid-1800’s and in a fictional land called the Dark Forest.
I am a member of the Romance Writers of America and RWA’s online chapter.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I would be pleased to send a full manuscript.
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At times, one can work to create for one’s self a second chance to right wrongs, and in doing so attain inner peace. Other times, the opportunity comes about purely by luck. Sometimes though, second chances are granted to the uniquely deserving by the greater powers whose existence most are completely unaware of. For one woman, a third is granted.
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October 1840
Cathleen Wilson died. Twice. First, giving birth to her only child. And again, willingly sacrificing her own life to save that of another. Each time she was chosen, as only the purest of heart are, and given another chance at life, at happiness. Now, she has come back once more, her final chance. With her memories wiped clean, as each time before, she struggles just to survive the less than ideal hand life has dealt her.
Desperate and penniless, two young sisters embark on a journey to a new land. The older sister, Cathleen, affectionately called Cat, plans to try and pass herself off as her former employer, a self-centered wealthy heiress, to the woman’s
betrothed. Theirs was an arranged engagement and neither had seen each other since childhood. The groom-to-be, Duke Samuel Epworth, proves to be more than the sisters bargain for, though. The dangerously astute and devilishly handsome womanizer quickly becomes the one man Cat finds it impossible to fool or refuse. His persistence and charm soon wears downs her resistance.
At first, seeing her as a challenge, Samuel is determined to learn the secrets behind the man who is following Cat and what lies in her past that makes her so untrusting of men. But, when his feelings become engaged, he realizes that the challenge just may be getting her to let him inside of the protective walls she has built around her wounded heart. In the end he must enlist the assistance of the secret protectors of the Dark Forest to aid him in his quest to save Cat from her pursuers and even…herself.
Secrets Revealed is a 96,500-word paranormal romance set in the mid-1800’s and in a fictional land called the Dark Forest.
I am a member of the Romance Writers of America and RWA’s online chapter.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I would be pleased to send a full manuscript.
*************
At times, one can work to create for one’s self a second chance to right wrongs, and in doing so attain inner peace. Other times, the opportunity comes about purely by luck. Sometimes though, second chances are granted to the uniquely deserving by the greater powers whose existence most are completely unaware of. For one woman, a third is granted.
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October 1840
The sound came again, echoing through the long hall. Cat’s fingers tightened on the rag in her hand, the bucket of soapy water all but forgotten sitting behind her beneath the window. She inched forward, dread driving her feet towards the woman’s muffled cries. Careful to step lightly so her oversized, second hand shoes would not clack on the tile floor, she made her way to the end of the corridor. Her limbs trembled and her breaths became short as she approached the closed door. With trembling fingers she reached for the knob. A man’s voice, his voice, froze her in place. Lord Gilmore’s nasally words rose above the woman’s sobs.
“You truly thought I would make you my mistress? Good Lord, woman. Are you daft? You are a servant. A bloody servant.” The room grew quiet behind the door. “By God, you should consider yourself lucky that I am giving you a letter of recommendation and twenty-four hours to find a place to go. If Anna had her way, you and those two sniveling brats of yours would have been tossed out onto the street last night with nothing.”
