His Mistress by Morning (32 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Boyle
Tags: #Fiction, #Romance, #Historical, #General
L
et me get a few historical notes cleared up first. In the early years of the British Museum, anyone who wished to see the collections was required to apply for permission, and only those deemed worthy were extended the much-coveted tickets. Even then, they were hustled through the rooms with only a few minutes to take in the treasures. By the time the Townley Gallery was built in 1808, the rules were relaxing, and by the year of this story, 1810, those rules were no longer in place. Since I wanted my story specifically set in 1810, I fudged the time line a little. But why was I so set on having Charlotte’s story take place in 1810? Well, the fashions, of course! I gathered Charlotte’s, Finny’s, and even Sebastian’s wardrobe from the extensive fashion plate collection of fellow author Candice Hern, and you can see the exact gowns and clothes these characters wore in the book on her website, candicehern.com/collections/ elizabethboyle/mistress.htm.
Now on to very important matters. You might have no
ticed that there is another wish to be granted. Poor Milton! At this rate (and with so many Marlowes to choose from), he may never get his ring back. Make sure to visit my website, elizabethboyle.com, for all the latest news and hints as to who will be Quince’s next victim, I mean, er, beneficiary of her romantic encouragement.
Until then, best wishes and all my love,
Elizabeth Boyle
ELIZABETH BOYLE has always loved romance and now lives it each and every day by writing adventurous and passionate stories that readers from all around the world have described as “page-turners.” Since her first book was published in 1996, she’s won the RWA RITA
®
Award and a
Romantic Times
Reviewer’s Choice Award and saw six titles become
USA Today
bestsellers.
His Mistress By Morning
is her eighth book for Avon. She resides in Seattle with her husband and two small sons, or “heroes in training” as she likes to call them. Readers can write to her at PO Box 47252, Seattle, WA 98146, or visit her on the web at
www.elizabethboyle.com
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Elizabeth Boyle
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IS
M
ISTRESS
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M
ORNING
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HIS
R
AKE OF
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OMETHING
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BOUT
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MMALINE
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T
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AKES A
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S
TEALING THE
B
RIDE
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NE
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IGHT OF
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ASSION
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NCE
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EMPTED
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ARRIAGE OF
C
ONVENIENCE
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UKE OF
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E
F
OREVER
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HE’S
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OLF
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
HIS MISTRESS BY MORNING
. Copyright © 2006 by Elizabeth Boyle. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
ePub edition August 2006 ISBN 9780061746819
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