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    Never Love Another...
    Never Love Another...
    Never Love Another...
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    Never Love Another...

    By Suzy Stewart Dubot

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    REGENCY ROMANCE short story - The age-old conflict of parents not wanting their son or daughter to have anything to do with someone who is not in their class. A baron's son is not a prize to be wasted on a farmer's daughter. Felix and Louise have loved one another from childhood but their families have no intention of allowing them to marry. What happens when the son returns from war a broken man, no longer a prize? Can true love triumph against all odds? Perhaps it is the pure love of a child that is the most enduring...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuzy Stewart Dubot
    Release dateOct 31, 2011
    ISBN9781465887719
    Never Love Another...
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    Suzy Stewart Dubot

    An Anglo/American who has lived in France for nearly 40 years, she began writing as soon as she retired. She moved to London in 2012 and spent more than a year there with family. The spring of 2014, she returned to France, Her laptop has never had any trouble following her.Before retiring, she worked at a variety of jobs. Some of the more interesting have been : Art and Crafts teacher, Bartender, Marketing Assistant for N° 1 World Yacht Charterers (Moorings), Beaux Arts Model, Secretary to the French Haflinger Association...With her daughters, she is a vegetarian and a supporter of animal rights! She is also an admirer of William Wilberforce.(If you should read her book 'The Viscount's Midsummer Mistress' you will see that she has devoted some paragraphs to the subject in Regency times.)PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO LEAVE A REVIEW FOR ANY BOOK YOU READ (hers included).

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      Never Love Another... - Suzy Stewart Dubot

      This is dedicated to all those soldiers who have fought for their country and the women who have continued to love them against all odds.

      Never Love Another…

      Copyright © 2011 by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Published on Smashwords

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      http://www.suzy-stewart-dubot.com/

      http://suzybazaar.webs.com/

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Epilogue

      Chapter 1

      St Albans, summer of 1816

      Louise quickly dropped the third hot pan of freshly baked bread on the table next to the other two. She loved this day each week when yeast merged with flour to fill the cottage with the comforting aroma of fresh bread, an aroma that took her back to her childhood. Her gestures had duplicated those of her grandmother’s and probably those of women for thousands of years.

      A brisk knock at the door had her automatically wiping away the brown wisps of hair stuck to her damp forehead before calling to ‘come in.’ Mary peeked around the door before crossing the cottage’s threshold.

      Is this an awkward time for you? Shall I come back later?

      No, you have come just at the right moment, because the bread is out of the oven and I was going to make myself some tea. Have some with me before Leo wakes. Felicity is with Joan’s children and will be back a little later.

      Mary didn’t need encouraging. She pulled out a chair at that end of the table farthest away from the cooling bread and the hot oven. She was already warm enough, having hurried from the other side of the small town to tell Louise the news. Now she was savouring the wait as the tea steeped in its pot. Louise brought out two mugs for the brew, not standing on formality with her friend. She then sat at the corner next to her.

      Well, what is it you’re dying to tell me? she said with a laugh.

      Is it that obvious? Mary grinned.

      You’re not usually out of breath when you visit, so I guessed you’d hurried.

      Mary put a hand on Louise’s arm unconsciously, before continuing.

      Felix Atherton is home and in a sorry state too, from all accounts!

      She had wanted to surprise Louise, but she’d hardly expected her reaction. Her chin had fallen to her chest and she didn’t move again or utter a sound. And then Mary heard her sobs before they took hold of her body and had her shuddering, as she tried to contain them. Without hesitation Mary rose to put her arms around Louise. She spoke to her softly.

      I am very sorry Louise. I really had no idea that it would affect you so, or I would have chosen my words more carefully.

      Louise brought both her hands to her face and cried. She wasn’t aware that Mary had looked for and found a soft cloth on one of the cupboards. It was as she encouraged her to take it that she was once again aware of the room. She wiped her eyes viciously with it before blowing her nose on a corner.

      I was afraid he was dead.

      It was the only explanation she offered, and Mary felt it

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