Prologue for Annabelle's Courtship

Annabelle's Courtship

Samhain 2008 ~ (c) Lucy Monroe



This is the first historical I ever wrote and I had more fun with the prologue than I probably have had with any other. :) What do you think? A good addition to the book? Or unnecessary?


Prologue


Graenfrae, Scotland 1816


Laird Ian MacKay, Earl of Graenfrae, wanted to slam his fist into the gray stone wall of his study. "Ye're telling me that my stepfather left me a fortune, but I canna get it unless I marry?"
Ian impatiently watched the elderl...