“It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.” ~ Edgar Allen Poe Chapter 3 Witte Raindrops glisten on Manhattan’s glass-sheathed towers as I …
“You have no cause to be nervous,” the Countess of Cardington reassured under her breath. “We are among friends.” Lady Sophie Milton-Riley managed a shaky smile against the lip of her sherry glass. “Nervous, grand-mère? Never.” She was very nearly …
Chapter 1 “It’s barely nine a.m., and I’m already tipsy.” My neighbor Roxanne, who’s just thrown her front door wide open in response to my knock, stands before me with a gleam in her eye. Her two dogs, a loudly …
