Lady's Minstrel (5 page)
Alicia might have taken offense except for the fact that Reys seemed intrigued by the changes, making them seem as compliments rather than complaints. Being this close to her husband was sexually arousing, but more than that, she was filled with a sense of contentment and well-being, which had eluded her for years. “I welcome the changes. This is a new beginning in our lives.” Her husband was home and she was wrapped in his arms. “We shall begin anew, and when our children are grown, we shall tell them the tale of the mysterious minstrel who stole my heart.”
Reys smiled, his eyes brightened with the first glimmers of hope. “Yes, my love, we will.” He held her securely in his embrace until the sound of a less than discreet knock on the door roused them from their contentment.
Alicia smiled at Reys as she tugged him toward the door. “William will barge in if we don’t answer the door. He has been very patient. By now he is probably bursting to tell everyone of your return.”
Reys nodded soberly. “I chose well, in both you and him.”
Alicia squeezed his hand in encouragement and support as she reached for the door. “Now let us go down and break our fast and give everyone the good news. The Lord of Hawkspoint has come home to me at last.”
About the Author
N.J. Walters worked at a bookstore for several years and one day had the idea that she would like to quit her job, sell everything she owned, leave her hometown and write romance novels in a place where no one knew her. And she did. Two years later, she went back to the same bookstore and settled in for another seven years.
Although she was still fairly young, that was when the midlife crisis set in. Happily married to the love of her life, with his encouragement (more like, “For God’s sake, quit the job and just write!”), she gave notice at her job on a Friday morning. On Sunday afternoon, she received a tentative acceptance for her first erotic romance novel,
Annabelle Lee
, and life would never be the same.
N.J. has always been a voracious reader of romance novels, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks all vie for her attention. And she doesn’t mind a bit. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
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