“Aye,” said Janet demurely. “We’ll be on the chaise…embroidering.”
“I adore embroidering,” added Marjorie. “For hours and hours.”
Lachlan near galloped back to his students, and Janet and Marjorie linked arms and turned to walk back to the manor.
A man and a woman to love. All with tasks that delighted and fulfilled.
Life was indeed paradise.
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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to many people who helped bring Scandalous Passions to life. My CP, Sherilee Gray, for her longstanding support and encouragement in writing the erotic books of my heart, especially the queer ones. Those in the Wicked Wallflowers Coven and on social media, whose cheerleading and many kindnesses keep me going. My readers—you are the very best. Those excited emails, messages, and tweets mean the world. And my editor, Lydia Sharp: thank you for championing this book and offering constructive guidance plus all the smiley faces an author could want.
I consulted the following in my research:
Scotland: A Concise History by Fitzroy Maclean
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain by Charles Phillips
Corsets and Codpieces: A Social History of Outrageous Fashion by Karen Bowman
A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots: The Life of King Henry VIII’s Sister by Sarah-Beth Watkins
“In all gudly haste”: The Formation of Marriage in Scotland, c. 1350-1600 by Heather Parker
‘Origins and Development of St. Andrews’ in St. Andrews Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan by Fife Council
The Online Etymology Dictionary
Mister Slang’s Timelines of Slang (Jonathon Green)
www.stirlingcastle.scot
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle
About the Author
New Zealander Nicola Davidson always adored words, romance and history, so writing historical romance was a logical career progression…er, eventually. After completing a communications degree and journalism diploma she left to teach English in Taiwan and travel through Asia before returning home to work in television. Jobs in tertiary education, local government communications and print media followed, but the lords and ladies in her head wouldn’t hold their peace a moment longer and so began the years of professional daydreaming. When not chained to a computer writing wickedly sexy, witty and twisty turny stories, Nicola can be found ambling along a beach, cheering on the champion All Blacks rugby team or driving her nearest and dearest batty with her history geekisms, chocolate hoarding and complete lack of domestic skills.
Also by Nicola Davidson
His Forbidden Lady
One Forbidden Knight
The Fallen Series
Surrender to Sin
The Devil’s Submission
The Seduction of Viscount Vice
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