To Miles, the sound was as significant as the crash of the gallows’ trapdoor. His fate was plain. He accepted it with a grim sense of resignation.

Miss Trewlove’s eyes found his. “Mr. Quincey—”

“Given our current predicament,” he said, “I believe you had better accustom yourself to calling me Miles.”

About the Author

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USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning Victorian romances. Her novels have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Shelf Awareness, and her articles have been featured on the Victorian Web, in the Journal of Victorian Culture, and in syndication at BUST magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes an Andalusian dressage horse, a sheltie, a miniature poodle, and two Siamese cats.

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