Thanks to Scarlett Peckham for beta reading. People are gray, and for better or worse, I could not have written Lady Gone Wicked without their influence, and the daily Bible study. There are many times I don’t approve of their decisions, and yet I love them too. The disappointment goes both ways, of course. And yet no matter how we disappointed them, they loved us all and welcomed our children no matter the parentage. Given that only one of their nine daughters remained in their church (no, not me), it’s safe to say that things did not work out the way they hoped. I grew with very conservative, highly religious parents. They all blended together into a long and happy life.īut every night, as he slid into bed next to Adelaide, he thanked God his wife was so very, very wicked.ĭid you love this Scandalous? Check out more of our historical romance titles here!ĭon’t miss more books by Elizabeth Bright! Sign up for our newsletter here!

He did not count the thousands of joyful days, the kisses, the laughter, nor the annoyances and heart pricks. They had talked of the weather and London gossip they had laughed and argued. Forty-three times they had sat under this oak tree with the children wreaking havoc and the grown-ups drinking their tea. Nick grinned.įorty-three times they had gathered thus, exactly as Wintham had once foretold so many years ago. Perhaps he would outlive them all.įeeling his father’s gaze on him, Nick raised his brows in question. brightly through that grey atmosphere, and though to a young lady reared in. His heart still beat out of order, but it carried on just the same. Bella went back to Walworthtramped sturdily every inch of the way in the. It’s so funny, and it has to do with all of you, even though you didn’t know it yet.” “Again, dearest? You have heard the tale a dozen times, at least.”

Lady Gone Wicked by Elizabeth Bright