Somerville Farce (26 page)

The coachman employed his whip, desperately
trying to restore order, but to no avail. Within the space of a
heartbeat, control of the coach shifted from the driver to the
team, and lastly to the elements. The panicked horses drove forward
against the shaft, their shod hooves finding no purchase on the
roadway as the coach, now on the descent, gathered force behind
it.

Aunt Nellis screamed again and again as they
tipped first one way, then the other as she vainly tried to grasp
at Christine’s helplessly tumbling body. She heard the fatal sound
of the shaft breaking away from the body of the equipage just
before the coach gave a sickening lurch and the whole world turned
upside down.

Kasey Michaels began her career scribbling
her stories on yellow legal pads while the family slept.  She
totally denies she chiseled them into flat rocks, but yes, she
began her career a long time ago. Now Kasey is the
New York
Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of more than 110
books (she doesn't count them). Kasey has received four coveted
Starred Reviews from
Publishers Weekly
, three for historical
romance,
The Secrets of the Heart
,
The Butler Did it
, and
The Taming of a
Rake
, and for the contemporary romance
Love To
Love You Baby
(that shows diversity, you see). She is a
recipient of the RITA, a Waldenbooks and Bookrak Bestseller award,
and many awards from
Romantic Times
magazine, including a
Career Achievement award for her Regency era historical romances.
She is an Honor Roll author in Romance Writers of America, Inc.,
and is a past president of Novelists, Inc. (NINC), the only
international writers organization devoted solely to the needs of
multi-published authors. Please visit Kasey on her website at
www.KaseyMichaels.com
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