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by Cathy Maxwell


  “Yes, yes, it is,” Sabrina answered, coming to her feet.

  “I need help,” the woman said. “And I don’t know where to turn. Lady Dinwiddie suggested I speak to you.”

  From the other room, Cormac had heard the woman. He came to the doorway.

  Sabrina glanced at him, wondering if he had put this woman up to making this call. It would so like him to do anything to please her, including hiring an actress to pretend to be in distress.

  “I read how you found that lad in the well,” the woman asked, as if she, too, wanted to ensure that Sabrina was genuine in her intentions.

  “I did.”

  The relief that crossed the woman’s face could not be feigned. She pulled a chair over to where Sabrina sat. Sinking down into it, she said, “Then please help me. My baby’s missing, and I am half-mad with worry. Perhaps you have heard of her? Lacy Fletcher.”

  Everyone knew of the missing child. Six months earlier, the baby had been in the care of her nanny when both of them had disappeared. Mr. Fletcher was a well-respected academician from a highly respected family. Mrs. Fletcher had been an heiress. Her money came from her father’s shipbuilding firm. “Mrs. Fletcher?” Sabrina guessed.

  “Yes, I am, and I’m desperate, my lady,” Mrs. Fletcher said. “I will pay any price to find my child. My father has hired men to search, but they have discovered nothing.”

  This was no ruse.

  Sabrina glanced at her husband, and her heart filled with a love she could never have imagined. She’d not known that a man could love her enough to let her pursue what made her happy.

  His was an unconventional solution but one that pleased her. He would support her in this endeavor. He would let her be the woman she wanted to be.

  And that was a priceless gift.

  Sabrina stood. “Please, let us go upstairs where we can be private, Mrs. Fletcher. Would you enjoy a cup of strong, black tea? While we share a pot, you can tell me everything you know about your child’s disappearance.”

  About the Author

  CATHY MAXWELL spends hours in front of her computer pondering the question, “Why do people fall in love?” It remains for her the great mystery of life and the secret to happiness. She lives in beautiful Virginia with children, horses, dogs, and cats.

  Fans can contact Cathy at www.cathymaxwell.com or PO Box 1135, Powhatan, VA 23139.

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  By Cathy Maxwell

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  THE BRIDE SAYS NO

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  THE DEVIL’S HEART

  THE SCOTTISH WITCH

  LYON’S BRIDE

  THE SEDUCTION OF SCANDAL

  HIS CHRISTMAS PLEASURE • THE MARRIAGE RING

  THE EARL CLAIMS HIS WIFE

  A SEDUCTION AT CHRISTMAS

  IN THE HIGHLANDER’S BED • BEDDING THE HEIRESS

  IN THE BED OF A DUKE • THE PRICE OF INDISCRETION

  TEMPTATION OF A PROPER GOVERNESS

  THE SEDUCTION OF AN ENGLISH LADY

  ADVENTURES OF A SCOTTISH HEIRESS

  THE LADY IS TEMPTED • THE WEDDING WAGER

  THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

  A SCANDALOUS MARRIAGE

  MARRIED IN HASTE • BECAUSE OF YOU

  WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE

  FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

  YOU AND NO OTHER • TREASURED VOWS

  ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  THE GROOM SAYS YES. Copyright © 2014 by Cathy Maxwell, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition OCTOBER 2014 ISBN: 9780062219305

  Print Edition ISBN: 9780062219299

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