Truth and Measure
Chapters (59)
- Other Books by Roslyn Sinclair
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Other Books from Ylva Publishing
- About Roslyn Sinclair
Table Of Contents
Other Books by Roslyn Sinclair
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Other Books from Ylva Publishing
About Roslyn Sinclair
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Other Books by Roslyn Sinclair
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Dedication
Dedication
The Carlisle series is dedicated to the readers who have given me so much support and joy over the years. You all mean more to me than you’ll ever know.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Lee Winter and all of the Ylva staff who helped make this book into what it eventually became. And most of all to my wonderful wife, who held my hand through it all and often showed me the way. I couldn’t have done it without her.
For above all things love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one, and to your word.
—Anonymous, The Lay of Graelent, 13th century CE
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
“I’ve never cared for yellow,” Vivian Carlisle said absently, looking over the editorial spread. “It’s so garish. Even in pastels.”
Most people would assume her comment was a casual observation. Jules Moretti, not most people, knew it was the calm before the storm and decided this would be a great time to stare intently at the notes on her tablet.
Who was today’s unlucky target? It couldn’t be her. Vivian didn’t make a habit of discussing aesthetic preferences with personal assistants. It must be somebody a lot higher up the ladder than Jules but still below Vivian. Like Simon, the creative director. Or Angie, head of copywriting. Or God.
But when Jules looked up, unable to take the long silence, she was skewered by Vivian’s eyes looking directly at her from across the desk. Simon and Angie had left the room, and the heavens remained resolutely silent.
And when Vivian Carlisle said a thing to you and then looked at you, you had about two seconds to figure out whether or not she wanted you to say something back. Jules’s two seconds were halfway up.
She thought fast. She didn’t wear a lot of yellow and she wasn’t wearing any today, and there were models wearing yellow in the spread, so Vivian wasn’t critiquing Jules personally. At least not yet.
Think. Think. Think.
“They’ve done studies,” Jules heard herself saying. “People think yellow’s supposed to make you feel cheerful, but it doesn’t. It can actually make people anxious.” Something more seemed called for. “Uh, pink makes them calmer, actually.”