The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels #3)

by India Holton

She felt all-peopled-out after the morning and wanted to go home, close the curtains, and hug a book until her nerves settled.

“Not even reading?” he asked, easily matching her stride. “Reading is not a hobby,” she said. “It is a way of life.”

“You argued with me. It was inappropriate. Married couples never argue.” “Are you sure about that?” “Of course I am sure,” Alice retorted. “The wife is always right.” She marched ahead of him down the corridor, and suddenly Daniel began to feel very married indeed.

man and woman in possession of a false marriage license must be in want of separate beds. Unfortunately, when Daniel and Alice entered their suite in Starkthorn Manor, they found only one—which quite frankly would not have come as a surprise had they read more exciting literature than was their habit.

But wanton cheerfulness was like reading a book without first checking how it ended. The risk of surprise was simply too great.

“You know when you open a new book and realize it’s going to be perfect?” he whispered. “Yes,” Alice said. “That’s how I feel when I look at you.”

Three wicked women who had run away from who they were supposed to be and found themselves, found each other; three wild women holding hands, sharing laughter, as they danced together in the midnight sky, beneath a yellow moon.