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188 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 4, 2014
[...] and trouble found him, in torrents that put the winter squall to shame.
"He likes shooting and fox-hunting and so forth. A hawking bird will giver her a way to..." His thumb stilled, all energy redirected to choosing the proper words. "Share in his amusements... without simply adopting all his preferences for her own." His cheeks were flushing. He seemed a little amazed at himself for telling so much. "I thought she ought to have something that belonged only to her."
"So, fingertips on her sleeve to catch her attention, when mere speech would have served. A digression on falconry that no one wanted to hear, just so he could grasp and handle her arm in the course of showing where the bird would sit. An occasional pivot to his left that resulted in glancing contact between his knees and hers."