Lady Silence

A waif, unable to speak, turns up on our hero's doorstep just as he's going off to war, and he gives her a place in his household. Over six years later, he's back, she's all grown up and his mother's companion. She still doesn't speak. He's cynical and suspicious about that. Lady Silence has some nice intrigue, but the best part is the emotions in this one.

Setting - Wiltshire, England 1809 - The young 12-year-old waif looked like something the cat dragged in. She did not speak - not so much as a whimper, or a word. They named her Katy Snow, so called Katy for something the cat dragged in, and Snow, for the storm that swirled around her the night she arrived. Young master Damon Farr, at twenty-two was being deployed that morning to fight the war and when asked by his staff, agreed for the servants to take her in and make her useful. It was a different Damon Farr that returned home six years later - gone was the callow youth thinking war nothing more that a walk in the woods, in its place was a hardened soldier that wanted only to return to the safety and welcoming warmth of his home at Farr Park. The peace he sought would not be forthcoming when he realized that the young mute child he'd left six years earlier had turned into an incomparably beautiful young woman who now appeared to have been adopted as a permanent household member by his mother and household staff. Damon was determined to discover what she was up to, and prove that her silence was a sham. In the process, Katy who'd lost her heart to the master six years ago, did her best to earn his trust, knowing that in giving up her secrets Damon would be forced to send her away. While Damon's mind worked to unmask the little imposter as a devil or angel, in his heart knew he could never let her go. *** This was a very nice original regency sporting a lovely little mystery, engaging characters that will very easily worm their way into the reader's heart and some creative dialogs especially when one considers that the heroine does not speak! I've observed that reading the more traditional regencies can be entertaining without resorting to physical intimacy especially when the latest trend seems to be the more sensual the better. This latest entry by a newer author is both refreshing and unique and one cannot go wrong in selecting this book to take along to the shore, the backyard or to an easy chair by the fire for a most enjoyable reading experience. --- Marilyn, for www.historicalromancewriters.com ---