“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.
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THE GROOM SAYS YES
THE BRIDE SAYS MAYBE
THE BRIDE SAYS NO
The Chattan Curse
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
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