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- Author: JR Salisbury
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ENGLAND 1815
Rain, the relentless, nonstop rain, continued to pelt
down on the carriage as it had for the past two
days. “Typical spring weather” was what she’d
been told by the coachman after the first day. Fortunately, she
had been able to afford to rent a carriage to take them to their
new home, Sky View, on the southwest coast of England.
She glanced to the seat across from her, where her sevenyear-old son, Vincent, lay sleeping. The boy had done
remarkably well through all this. First his father died
unexpectedly, then she received word that his uncle had also
died in a mysterious hunting accident. As he’d never married
or had children of his own, this left her son the current Earl of
Dorset.
Her mother-in-law had pleaded with her to bring Vincent
to England so he could be groomed for his role. She had done
this twice. The first time when Roland had died, the second, of
course, when Timothy, the earl at the time, was shot and killed
in a hunting accident. The earldom could have been passed to
some obscure cousin living in the north of England, but it was
time. Time for Vincent to take his rightful place.
It had been an easy decision to make. Though her own
parents adored Vincent, they understood their young
grandson’s station in life. Not to mention her father saw the
wealth the earldom would provide for his daughter and
grandson. Being a lawyer and politician respectively, Roland
and James Kennedy had shared many a bottle of fine brandy
discussing how the British aristocracy would have to expand
their business interests from simple tenant farming to interests
outside their estates.
That need had been in part what brought Roland to
America. He saw the potential, the new opportunities to secure
his future. Investing in shipping, the building of ships, as well
as bringing spices and sugar from the Caribbean, Roland had
made a fortune for himself and his family. Until he was lost at
sea and left Savannah a widow. A very wealthy young widow.
Her father had overseen the sale of the foundry and businesses
on her behalf. Then came the news from England, and she
made the hardest decision of her life. To take Vincent back to
England to claim his birthright.
Her father had forewarned her of people wanting to take
over her son’s upbringing, as his life would now drastically
change. Though she was tougher than she appeared, Savannah
was well aware of the hierarchy and how women fit in. He had
told her to stand her ground if something didn’t seem right.
She stared out the window at the lush rolling countryside
as the rain continued to pelt down and she prayed for the
strength to see this through. She was the outsider. Now she
would know how Roland must have felt when he first arrived
in America. Then again, he had been an educated man with
money. Men were always viewed differently.
To make matters worse, she had no one on her side.
Though her mother-in-law would want what was best for
Vincent, Savannah was sure she would have ulterior motives.
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