From Hate to Love

There will be men who will pursue you and women who will hate you. I can only hope, my dearest, that you will find a man who will make you as happy as I have been with your father

You are going to be very lovely, my darling, just as Papa and I always thought you would be. But you will have to face the truth that a beautiful woman always pays a penalty for her looks

neither French nor Arabic, which are the only two languages I speak besides English

asked. “To me it was exactly the ceremony I wanted to have with somebody I love and the Church seemed to be filled with love

Did you enjoy your wedding, my precious?” he

and Atayla slipped her hand into the Earl’s

I will be exceedingly pleased,” the Earl said with a smile and kissed her

As he did so, Atayla thought that it was the first time she had seen him kiss his daughter

my poppet?”

He picked her up in his arms as he spoke and Felicity hugged him and said

Mama, whom I love very much.”