She thought about how, just a few days ago, her concerns in life had been the possibilities of love and marriage and the entail looming on the horizon. She almost laughed at the quaintness of it all: the entail.
“I wonder,” she said thoughtfully, “if it will prove to be true, what they say: that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”
The others looked at her.
“What does that mean?” Grandmama said.
Kate looked back at them.
She thought about the awesome duty and responsibility of it all: being responsible for all the people—and they were all people—living under her roof.
“It means that Porthampton Abbey is at war,” Kate finally said. “It means that I am in charge now.”
Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to the following:
Stacy Abrams, for being a smart and delightful editor
Everyone at Entangled Publishing, for also being smart and delightful
Greg Logsted and Jackie Logsted, for being as amazing at being first readers as they are at being husband and daughter
Yoyo—Mister Yoyo Kitty to strangers—for being the purrfect inspiration for Henry Clay
Booksellers, librarians, teachers, reviewers, and readers everywhere, without whom none of this works
About the Author
Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of more than thirty books for adults, teens, and children, which have been published in fifteen countries. Before becoming a writer, she was an independent bookseller (eleven years); a Publishers Weekly reviewer (292 titles); a freelance editor; a sort-of librarian; and a window washer. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, daughter, and cat. Lauren prefers the nobility to zombies, as a rule, and so long as you’re not the latter, you’re welcome to visit her at:
www.laurenbaratzlogsted.com
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