For this week's Sweet Saturday Sample I am offering you another short sample from my current Regency Christmas Romance, Vidal's Honor
Blurb:
When
plunged into a world of spies, agents and espionage during the Peninsula wars,
Honor, Lady Beaumont, flees for her life when the French capture her husband at
Salamanca, and relies on his batman to arrange her safe passage back to
England.
Viscount
Charles Vidal is ordered by Robert Dumas, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to
travel to Spain and escort the only woman he’s ever loved, Lord Devlin
Beaumont’s widow back home before the French discover her whereabouts.
Their
journey is fraught by danger, least of all knowing whether they are surrounded
by friends or foe. Will they survive long enough to explore the possibility of
a future together or will whispers of treason be enough to see Honor dispatched
to Tyburn first?
~ ~ ~ ~
“Are
you aware we’re being followed?”
“Impossible!”
The denial exploded into the night air.
“Shh.
I believe it is a fact.” Vidal grabbed Juan’s arm and hauled him into the
shadows. “Mrs. Beaumont told me this afternoon she’s been aware of it for
several days now, but was not certain enough to mention it before.”
“And
she decided to confide in you today, why?”
“She
didn’t, it obvious she’s been worried about something for a while but put it
down to the loss of her husband and her concerns for the future.” He hadn’t but
had no intention of revealing more information on anything than he had to.
“And
you believe her?”
“Not
at first, but I spent more time this afternoon watching our backs, and believe
she may be right.”
The
air filled with Spanish curses.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
