A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3)

by Jodi Taylor

‘Goodness gracious. I suspect some disreputable secret. I should, of course, murmur politely and change the subject, but other people’s disreputable secrets are always so interesting.’

‘As Joan of Arc probably said: “Build a girl a fire and she’s warm for a few minutes. Set a girl on fire and she’s warm for the rest of her life.”’

the real star of the show lay stark naked on the bed, grinning like the naughty boy he intended to be, and monumentally, magnificently pleased to see me.

All gods are the same. They’re big on the worshipping and the ceremonies and the imposing buildings, but when you really need them – they’re never there.

‘Well, a change is as good as a rest, they say. I don’t know. I’m sorry, sir, these days, I don’t know what I do want.’

‘That’s three consecutive yes sirs, Dr Maxwell. Your docility is unnerving. Kindly desist.’ ‘Yes, sir.’

I’m an historian but we should never lose sight of the fact that History is just that – his story, her story, everyone’s story. History is about people as well as events. There’s a saying, somewhere – always err on the side of life.