Bathsheba pushed back her hair and reclined in the bow of the little boat, stretching out her calf to nudge him with her toes.
He set the oars in their cups, and pulled her foot into his lap, kissing his way up her leg. “Distracting the helmsman, Senhora Menace? There’s a price to pay for that.”
From the look in his eye, she knew he had no regrets--that he was as ready as she to leap into the unknown. It was what they'd been doing ever since they'd met--and no fear was too great not to be overcome; not when love burned this strongly.
With dawn’s light, they spotted the sails of The Marguerite and, this time, Bathsheba took an oar for herself. How else might she steer her path in the right direction?
If you enjoyed ‘The Lady’s Guide to Escaping Cannibals’, you’ll adore Emmanuelle de Maupassant’s 1920s romantic comedy series set in the Highlands of Scotland.
Intrigue, seduction and a dash of wicked humour, for fans of Rhys Bowen, Stella Gibbons and Nancy Mitford.
Highland Pursuits
It's 1928 and Bright Young Things are taking London by storm, but Ophelia's parents have her life all mapped out: marriage to a cod-faced aristocrat and a life of dull respectability.
Refusing to play along, Ophelia is banished to her ancestral home in the Highlands of Scotland. There, she'll be so bored, she'll come to her senses... won't she?
Meeting her eccentric relatives, Ophelia isn't so sure, and there's utter mayhem as guests arrive for her grandmother's birthday celebrations.
Amidst the faded splendour of Castle Kintochlochie, everyone is having a ball, until tragedy strikes on a moorland shoot.
Nothing is quite as it seems!
Highland Christmas
As Christmas approaches, and the snow falls deep, could Lady Ophelia's life be in danger?
Someone, or something, is determined to derail Ophelia's love affair with Hamish. A malevolent force stalks the ancient corridors of Castle Kintochlochie, in its remote Highland glen.
Is the castle really haunted?
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