ThereseiUniverse, 2006 - 160 pages Lady Therese of Essex has everything a woman could hope for: beauty, elegance, and wealth. The only real problem lies in her luck with men, due to her strong-willed, spirited nature and intellect. Then one night a letter arrives at the castle addressed to her late father Lord Richard. Before she has a chance to read the letter, it is found missing, and so too its source. In the process of solving this mystery, she discovers an unpleasant truth about her father's death four years ago, a truth that forces her to examine her own life and question which of her companions are truly friends and which are foes. Ultimately, Therese must choose between blind vengeance and impartial justice. |
Contents
I Lady Therese I | 1 |
II Sir Roderick II | 6 |
III Lady Rebecca III | 10 |
IV Philip IV | 14 |
V The Mysterious Intruder V | 16 |
VI Lord Zachary VI | 19 |
VII Uncertain Tidings VII | 22 |
VIII The Kiss VIII | 24 |
XXIV The Manor House XXIV | 70 |
XXV Betting On War XXV | 74 |
XXVI Reflections XXVI | 76 |
XXVII Safety and Security XXVII | 78 |
XXVIII Owen XXVIII | 82 |
XXIX An Act of Fate? XXIX | 86 |
XXX Count Wallace XXX | 89 |
XXXI Still a Woman XXXI | 95 |
IX Decisions IX | 28 |
X Lady Danielle X | 30 |
XI The Answer XI | 33 |
XII The Unconquered XII | 37 |
XIII Hypocrites and Liars XIII | 40 |
XIV Planned Distraction XIV | 43 |
XV The Ritual XV | 45 |
XVI Bitter Truth XVI | 48 |
XVII Enlightenment XVII | 50 |
XVIII The Argument XVIII | 54 |
XIX Bargaining For Favors XIX | 57 |
XX Within the Depth of Night XX | 60 |
XXI Predictions XXI | 63 |
XXII Broken Connections XXII | 65 |
XXIII Donaeus XXIII | 67 |
XXXII Turning Point XXXII | 97 |
XXXIII Deaths Encounter XXXIII | 100 |
XXXIV Forty Million Tears XXXIV | 102 |
XXXV Where Loyalties Lie XXXV | 106 |
XXXVI Dreams XXXVI | 109 |
XXXVII Redemption XXXVII | 115 |
XXXVIII Everlasting XXXVIII | 119 |
XXXIX The Arraignment XXXIX | 124 |
XL Making Up For Lost Time XL | 127 |
XLI The Trial XLI | 131 |
XLII Confrontation XLII | 137 |
XLIII Resolution XLIII | 143 |
Epilogue | 145 |
Bibliography | 148 |
Common terms and phrases
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