It’s #bookqw and Annmar looks forward to a new ‘deal’ in her life.
More from Chapter 18:
Mistress Gere ushered her into the house, but paused at the door to the sickroom. “I feel I owe Daeryn an apology,” she murmured.
“No,” Annmar blurted. She had to urge Mistress Gere down the hall, away from this room and its occupant who might spoil everything. “Please,” she whispered. “He probably didn’t notice anything amiss. Much. I’d rather drop the whole incident.”
“He couldn’t have missed your reaction,” Mistress Gere whispered back. “The animacambire senses are heightened ones, and the boy’s interest in you was obvious from the moment he laid eyes on you. Your drawing relays you share that interest.”
Daeryn was interested in her?
And Mistress Gere knew? A lifetime of societal decorum dried her mouth. No one should suspect these things before a girl’s father was approached. Of course, she had no father. She and Mother were working class, not part of society, yet very firmly bound to its rules to keep their well-paying clients. Wagging tongues ended careers faster than poor quality. Here, this disclosure may not carry the same impropriety, but she didn’t know. Annmar could only hope her own surprise didn’t show, or confirm, the guess.
Mistress Gere was giving her quite the intent look.
Annmar returned it.
Mistress Gere sighed. “I’ll leave it for you to handle, then.”
She turned and walked toward her office. Annmar glanced at Daeryn’s door before scurrying after her. Mercy. She had no clue how to deal with a ruthless businessman’s attention, but handling Daeryn’s interest seemed possible. It might be…nice. She could only hope he still liked her after she’d done such a personal…thing involving his body.
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Falling into Place
A farm emergency brings together an ambitious Victorian witch and an honor-bound shapeshifter, while shadows from their pasts threaten to keep them apart.
In 1867 England, ambitious Mary Clare dreams of an independent life outside her tight-knit family, but she’s stymied by a magical Knack she must keep under wraps. While she’s filling in at a cooperative farm’s kitchen, a handsome shapeshifter catches her eye, but the kind fellow flusters her Knack control, putting her chance at a permanent job at risk.
Shapeshifter Rivley’s blood-bound obligation to a friend prevents him from romantic commitments, so instead he throws himself into mechanic’s training. When a farm emergency falls beyond his skills, the cute kitchen staffer offers help—and inspires him to consider how to restart his life.
Can they overcome fear and doubt to reveal their feelings for each other?
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