Lord Greyton's Fall From Grace (Lords of Avalon Novella Series) (23 page)

He stepped inside the parlour to see Lady Glaston conversing with Lady Marston. “Lady Marston.” His voice sounded much softer than he wished it to.

Owen noted her widow’s weeds. If memory served, Lord Marston died of an ague some eight months ago. Grace turned to face him. He felt a stab of pain near his heart. She was still beautiful, even more so than he remembered.

Her golden brown hair gleamed like sunshine. Grace’s classic and delicate facial features and large brown eyes still caused his blood to race in his veins. Owen was not prepared for her beauty. He certainly was not expecting to see dark shadows beneath her eyes, nor a dark purple and green bruise on her cheek. She looked pale, perhaps a little thinner. She wa
s still beautiful despite that.

“Lord Fitzlewis!” Grace stood immediately.

Lady Glaston rose and walked past him. “Your tea will be served momentarily, Lord Fitzlewis.”

Owen nodded to her then returned his attention to Grace.

“What has happened, Grace?” He did not intend to address her by the familiar. It just happened.

“Owen! I do not understand what is going on. The day before yesterday six men forced their way into my home and took my baby. My little Alice!” Grace choked back a sob. “They said I should find you and give you this letter. I went to Roseland yesterday and Tompkins told me I could find you here.” She removed a folded
and sealed
piece of foolscap from her reticule. She handed it to him. “What does this mean? What is this about? Will I ever see her again, Owen?”

Owen broke the blank seal and opened the letter
.
His mouth set into a grim line as he read it
.

“I’ll get Alice back, Grace. My comrades and I are already working on how. This is the second time since last evening that someone has referred to your daughter, Lady Alice, as being
my daughter
.” Owen held up the letter. “I want to know the truth. Is Alice mine or Marston’s?”

Grace faltered. She wanted to lie.
He seemed angry.
She could see the coldness in his eyes. But, she owed him the truth, though she tried frantically to tell him all those years ago. If she told him
face to face
, then she would be free of the guilt and the regret.

“Grace?” Owen implored.

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Lords of Honor
, book
two
in the
Lords of Avalon Series
,
for the r
est of Owen and Grace’s story. Keep reading for Acknowledgments and About the Author

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K. R. R
ICHARDS
is the author of the March, 2012 e-book release,
LORD OF THE ABBEY
, Book One of the
LORDS OF AVALON
Series and the July, 2012 e-book release
LORDS OF HONOR
, Book Two of the
LORDS OF AVALON
Series
on Amazon.com.

She is an enthusiastic Anglophile, who loves reading, writing, history, archaeology, researching and Rock and Roll
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She was a member of Romance Writers of America and the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter for thirteen years
.
Recently, she was blessed with the opportunity to seriously pursue her dream of writing.

K. R. has definite New Age beliefs and appreciates the beliefs and beauty of many religions
.
She is an Intuitive Medium who has taught many classes on subjects from Angels to Psychic Development
.

She has long wanted to incorporate her love of history with her love of the Psychic and Spiritual Realm into her writing, hence the
LORDS OF AVALON
Series.

K
. R. is a desert rat and although she calls Arizona home, she is temporarily living in northeast Mississippi
.
She has two spectacular sons, a lovely daughter-in-law, and two beautiful grandchildren.

LORD GREYTON’S FALL FROM GRACE
(
Owen and Grace from
Lords of Honor)
is the first Novella in the
LORDS OF AVALON
NOVELLA SERIES
.
The second Novella in the series,
LORD AMESBURY’S LAST SEDUCTION
, (
Lyon and Sophia from
LORDS OF HONOR)
will be released in early 2013.
Book Three in the
LORDS OF AVALON
SERIES
,
LORDS OF RETRIBUTION
will be released in December
,
2012
/January 2013
.
The final book in the
LORDS OF AVALON
SERIES,
LORDS OF ATONEMENT
will be released in
mid 2013.

The first book in a new as yet unnamed series including some of the remaining, single members of the
Avalon Society
will be released in late 2013.