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action you may later regret? If you want more, you may
always find me in the Dedenor. But remember that price may be more than even
the Archangel could buy you.”
Nyana smiled, not unkindly, bowed, and was gone. Velliaune me
Corse sank down to sit upon her bed, staring after her schoolmate in wonder and
alarm.
Copyright & Credits
LUCKSTONES
Three Tales of Meviel
Madeleine Robins
Book View Café 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61138-527-4
Copyright © 2015 Madeleine Robins
Acknowledgments:
“Virtue and the Archangel,” Lace and Blade, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Feb. 1, 2008
“Writ of Exception,” Lace and Blade 2, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Feb. 1, 2009
“A Wreath of Luck,” The Feathered Edge, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Sky Warrior, February 22, 2012
Cover illustration by Francesco Hayez 1791-1882
Production Team:
Cover Design: Amy Sterling Casil
Proofreader: Phyllis Irene Radford
Formatter: Vonda N. McIntyre
This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Digital edition: 20150512vnm
www.bookviewcafe.com
Book View Café Publishing Cooperative
P.O. Box 1624, Cedar Crest, NM 87008-1624
About the Author
Madeleine Robins has been a nanny, an administrator, an actor, and a swordswoman; has trafficked
book production, edited comics, and repaired hurt books. She’s also the author
of five Regency romances available through Book View Café, the New York Times Notable urban fantasy The Stone War , Daredevil: The Cutting Edge , and three Regency-noir mysteries, Point of Honour , Petty Treason , and The
Sleeping Partner , starring the redoubtable Sarah Tolerance, agent of
inquiry. Sold for Endless Rue , an
historical retelling of Rapunzel set at the medieval medical school in Salerno,
was published in 2013. She is a founding member of the Book View Café.
A native New Yorker, Madeleine now lives in San Francisco
with a dog, a husband, and a hegemonic lemon tree. And as always, she’s working
on another book.
Ebooks by Madeleine Robins
Collection
Luckstones: Three Tales of Meviel
Novels
Althea
My Dear Jenny
The Heiress Companion
Lady John
The Spanish Marriage
www.bookviewcafe.com
About Book View Café
Book View Café is a professional authors’ publishing cooperative offering DRM-free
ebooks in multiple formats to readers around the world. With
authors in a variety of genres including mystery, romance, fantasy, and
science fiction, Book View Café has something for everyone.
Book View Café is good for readers because you can enjoy high-quality
DRM-free ebooks from your favorite authors at a reasonable price.
Book View Café is good for writers because 95% of the profit goes directly to the book’s author.
Book View Café authors include New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Award winners, World Fantasy and Rita Award nominees, and winners and nominees of many other publishing awards.
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THE SPANISH MARRIAGE
Sample Chapter
A Regency Romance
Madeleine Robins
Book View Café Edition
May 22, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61138-172-6
Copyright © 1984 Madeleine Robins
Chapter One
Despite the heavy layers of her borrowed novice’s
habit—black gown and scapular, long white veil—Thea shivered slightly in
the cool dimness of the Superior’s sitting-room. The motion, slight as it
was, must have caught Doña de Silva’s eye: she looked up, frowned
reflectively, and scolded: “You are pale as a ghost, Dorotea. Go walk in
the garden.”
“I am perfectly fine as I am, Silvy,” Thea
protested. Since their arrival in Spain, Dorothea had chafed under her duenna’s
increasing tendency to condescend, to speak as if Thea were a schoolgirl,
instead of a young woman of nearly nineteen years. At the convent matters
always find me in the Dedenor. But remember that price may be more than even
the Archangel could buy you.”
Nyana smiled, not unkindly, bowed, and was gone. Velliaune me
Corse sank down to sit upon her bed, staring after her schoolmate in wonder and
alarm.
Copyright & Credits
LUCKSTONES
Three Tales of Meviel
Madeleine Robins
Book View Café 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61138-527-4
Copyright © 2015 Madeleine Robins
Acknowledgments:
“Virtue and the Archangel,” Lace and Blade, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Feb. 1, 2008
“Writ of Exception,” Lace and Blade 2, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Feb. 1, 2009
“A Wreath of Luck,” The Feathered Edge, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Sky Warrior, February 22, 2012
Cover illustration by Francesco Hayez 1791-1882
Production Team:
Cover Design: Amy Sterling Casil
Proofreader: Phyllis Irene Radford
Formatter: Vonda N. McIntyre
This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Digital edition: 20150512vnm
www.bookviewcafe.com
Book View Café Publishing Cooperative
P.O. Box 1624, Cedar Crest, NM 87008-1624
About the Author
Madeleine Robins has been a nanny, an administrator, an actor, and a swordswoman; has trafficked
book production, edited comics, and repaired hurt books. She’s also the author
of five Regency romances available through Book View Café, the New York Times Notable urban fantasy The Stone War , Daredevil: The Cutting Edge , and three Regency-noir mysteries, Point of Honour , Petty Treason , and The
Sleeping Partner , starring the redoubtable Sarah Tolerance, agent of
inquiry. Sold for Endless Rue , an
historical retelling of Rapunzel set at the medieval medical school in Salerno,
was published in 2013. She is a founding member of the Book View Café.
A native New Yorker, Madeleine now lives in San Francisco
with a dog, a husband, and a hegemonic lemon tree. And as always, she’s working
on another book.
Ebooks by Madeleine Robins
Collection
Luckstones: Three Tales of Meviel
Novels
Althea
My Dear Jenny
The Heiress Companion
Lady John
The Spanish Marriage
www.bookviewcafe.com
About Book View Café
Book View Café is a professional authors’ publishing cooperative offering DRM-free
ebooks in multiple formats to readers around the world. With
authors in a variety of genres including mystery, romance, fantasy, and
science fiction, Book View Café has something for everyone.
Book View Café is good for readers because you can enjoy high-quality
DRM-free ebooks from your favorite authors at a reasonable price.
Book View Café is good for writers because 95% of the profit goes directly to the book’s author.
Book View Café authors include New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Award winners, World Fantasy and Rita Award nominees, and winners and nominees of many other publishing awards.
www.bookviewcafe.com
THE SPANISH MARRIAGE
Sample Chapter
A Regency Romance
Madeleine Robins
Book View Café Edition
May 22, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61138-172-6
Copyright © 1984 Madeleine Robins
Chapter One
Despite the heavy layers of her borrowed novice’s
habit—black gown and scapular, long white veil—Thea shivered slightly in
the cool dimness of the Superior’s sitting-room. The motion, slight as it
was, must have caught Doña de Silva’s eye: she looked up, frowned
reflectively, and scolded: “You are pale as a ghost, Dorotea. Go walk in
the garden.”
“I am perfectly fine as I am, Silvy,” Thea
protested. Since their arrival in Spain, Dorothea had chafed under her duenna’s
increasing tendency to condescend, to speak as if Thea were a schoolgirl,
instead of a young woman of nearly nineteen years. At the convent matters
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