Various interesting things

The first time Rook stole my son’s blanket, I thought he was jealous. It was nearly midnight, and I had

Rain had been falling over Blackwater Bay since dawn. Not hard rain. Not the kind that sent people running

Rain had been falling over Blackthorn Point since dawn. By six in the evening, the sea below Harrowmere

No one noticed Nora Hayes until the music stopped. Before that, she had been exactly what the staff of

By the time the first string quartet began playing beneath the glass ceiling of the Halcyon Conservatory

The ballroom of the Arclight Hotel had been designed to make ordinary people feel small. The ceiling

The rain began five minutes before Cassandra Bell arrived. Not a gentle rain, either. It swept across

The Grand Meridian Hotel had hosted presidents, movie stars, royal families, and people rich enough to

By seven o’clock, Ashbourne Hall looked less like a hotel and more like a palace built for a single evening.

The invitation had been sitting unopened on Claire Ashford’s kitchen table for eleven days.