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Lieutenant Mayhew's Catastrophes

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by Emily Larkin


  Mayhew inhaled another orange-blossom-scented breath and thought that he couldn’t possibly be any happier than he was at that moment, lying in a three-poster bed, holding his wife, while a kitten purred on the pillow alongside them.

  Then he remembered that this was the first of many such mornings together, and he discovered that it was possible to be even happier. He gathered Willie closer, tucking her warmth and her soft, slender curves in tightly to his body. “This is going to be so good,” he whispered in her ear. “Us, together, forever.”

  “It most certainly is!” Willie said.

  And it was.

  Author’s Note

  The kittens in Lieutenant Mayhew’s Catastrophes are based on a litter of day-old kittens that I found several years ago. I raised them until they were old enough to be rehomed, and I found it fascinating how quickly they developed strong and disparate personalities. One of them was an utterly fearless and very fluffy little girl whose greatest desire was to explore. Her adventures were often quite hair-raising. She had an extremely laid-back brother who adored lying in my hand and having his belly rubbed. He would close his eyes and purr blissfully.

  Scout, Mr. Bellyrub, and their siblings made their debut in Lady Isabella’s Ogre. Lieutenant Mayhew made his debut in that novel, too. I’ve always wanted to know what happened to him when he headed off with two kittens in a basket, and I’m delighted to finally have the chance to tell his story.

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  Emily

  Emily Larkin grew up in a house full of books—her mother was a librarian and her father a novelist—so perhaps it’s not surprising that she became a writer.

  Emily has studied a number of subjects, including geology and geophysics, canine behavior, and ancient Greek. Her varied career includes stints as a field assistant in Antarctica and a waitress on the Isle of Skye, as well as five vintages in New Zealand’s wine industry.

  She loves to travel and has lived in Sweden, backpacked in Europe and North America, and traveled overland in the Middle East, China, and North Africa.

  She enjoys climbing hills, yoga workouts, watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, and reading.

  Emily writes historical romances as Emily Larkin and fantasy novels as Emily Gee.

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  www.emilylarkin.com

  Also by Emily Larkin

  THE BALEFUL GODMOTHER SERIES

  Prequel

  The Fey Quartet novella collection

  Maythorn’s Wish ~ Hazel’s Promise ~ Ivy’s Choice ~ Larkspur’s Quest

  Original Series

  Unmasking Miss Appleby

  Resisting Miss Merryweather

  Trusting Miss Trentham

  Claiming Mister Kemp

  Ruining Miss Wrotham

  Discovering Miss Dalrymple

  Garland Cousins

  Primrose and the Dreadful Duke

  Violet and the Bow Street Runner

  Pryor Cousins

  Octavius and the Perfect Governess

  OTHER HISTORICAL ROMANCES

  The Earl’s Dilemma

  My Lady Thief

  Lady Isabella’s Ogre

  Lieutenant Mayhew’s Catastrophes

  The Midnight Quill Trio

  The Countess’s Groom

  The Spinster’s Secret

  The Baronet’s Bride

  FANTASY NOVELS

  (Written as Emily Gee)

  Thief With No Shadow

  The Laurentine Spy

  The Cursed Kingdoms Trilogy

  The Sentinel Mage

  The Fire Prince

  The Blood Curse

  Copyright © 2020 by Emily Larkin

  All rights reserved.

  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

  www.emilylarkin.com

  Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.

  Lieutenant Mayhew’s Catastrophes / Emily Larkin. -- 1st ed.

  ISBN 978-0-9951396-4-0

  Cover Design: JD Smith Design

  Created with Vellum

 

 

 


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