Never Let Me Go

NEVER LET ME GO is a traditional romance set in 1814 Regency England. A variety of characters are woven into the fabric of the story-four-footed creatures, male and female children, oldsters falling into a romance of their own, a few accidents, a vicious villain given his comeuppance, some silly marriage prospects, and a handsome rake thrown into the mix. There are some giggles, too, as readers experience heartache along with the hero and heroine desperately seeking their path to happiness. Reckless and restless, at twenty-three, Horatio Tallwood-Smythe receives a small inheritance upon his father's demise. He purchases a lieutenant's colors and heads for adventure in the English army. Horatio is a handsome, well-built man, a couple inches less than six feet tall, with a good sense of humor, and a way with women. He loves females, especially ones with long legs and prodigious bosoms and hips. Now in his thirty-six year, Horatio has been in the King's army for a dozen years, fighting on the Iberian Peninsula, and working his way to France with Wellington. Responsibilities for a number of young men under his care, plus what he's faced and saw during those war years, change him drastically. Still handsome and brawny, he is more strait-laced, stern-faced, and lacking in humor than he was when he was young. Bored with peace negotiations, he also has had his fill of adventure. The war is winding down and Bonaparte is on Elba. When he unexpectedly learns he's inherited a viscount's title and what goes with it, Horatio decides to sell out of the army and accept a different set of responsibilities. Little does he know what those responsibilities will entail. Anabel Satterley is just the kind of woman that Horatio would lust for. Nearly six feet tall and although not "fat," she is clearly voluptuous. Not beautiful, only pretty, she has lovely hair, clean features (especially her hazel eyes), and a clear complexion. As a child, she was ungainly and shy, hating the