Brandon Brothers, Book 1
Historical Romance, Historical Fiction
Date Published: April 2021
Meet Adam Brandon … acutely intelligent and master-swordsman but gradually realising that he isn’t yet ready for the future he had previously planned.
Victim of a cruel deception, Camilla Edgerton-Foxe has a jaundiced view of the male sex and a tongue as sharp as her wits … but she also possesses an extraordinary talent.
A peculiar encounter offers Adam the kind of employment for which he is uniquely suited and which will exercise his mind as well as his muscles. The fly in the ointment is that Miss Edgerton-Foxe comes with it … as does Rainham, viscount and master of disguise, with a frequently misplaced sense of humour.
From Paris, via London, to the mists and mysteries of Romney Marsh, these three are sent on the trail of something darker and infinitely more dangerous than the kegs of brandy that come ashore at the dark of the moon.
CHAPTER ONE
Within twenty minutes of bidding his
friends good night and leaving the tavern, Adam Brandon became aware that he
was being followed. This was annoying on several counts. He had no idea who
would go to the trouble of se ng a tail on him or why they would since, just at the moment, he
didn’t imagine he could be of any par cular interest to anyone. Admi edly, that
wasn’t always true … but right now it was. Then there
was the possibility that this wasn’t the first me someone had dogged his steps;
that it had happened before and he hadn’t no ced. That pricked his pride. He’d
thought himself be er than that.
He con nued on his way without altering
his pace. He considered luring the tail into a dark alley where he could be
grabbed, pinned to a wall and ques oned. It wouldn’t be very difficult. On the
other hand, it might be premature. There was a chance, however small, that he
was merely being followed by the only footpad in Paris stupid enough to tackle
an armed man for the sake of a few coins. And that being so, the sensible
course was to simply stroll onwards, taking a few sudden detours, to see if the
fellow stuck with him.
He did … and was s ll there when Adam
reached his lodgings on the Rue des Minimes. With a brief nod for the
concierge, he ran swi ly upstairs to the nearest window and was just in me to
see his follower raise a hand as if signalling to someone before mel ng into
the shadows on the far side of the street.
Not a footpad, thought Adam with a sort of amused grimness. And not
alone. What, then? And why? What possible reason
could anyone have
for wan ng to know my every move? But whoever it
is, they’re making a mistake because now I’ll have to do
something about it. And that’s just resome.
Other books in the Brandon Brothers Series
A Trick of Fate
Brandon Brothers Book 1
B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree.
Max Brandon is receiving bills for services he never ordered and goods he did not buy. For reasons he can't begin to guess, someone is 'borrowing' his identity to cause him maximum annoyance.
When the games move closer to home, almost forcing him to fight a duel … more particularly, when they draw in Frances Pendleton, a lady he never expected to see again … Max vows to catch the man behind them, no matter what the cost.
The result is a haphazard chase involving ruined abbeys, a hunt for hermits, a grotesque portrait … and a love story which, but for this odd trick of fate, might never have been given a second chance.
About the Author
Stella Riley is a British writer, living in Kent. She is the author of six novels set in and around the English Civil Wars and the award-winning seven book Rockliffe Series - of which, Book Six, Cadenza, was the 2019 Readers' Favourite for Romance and a 2021 Book Excellence award winner.
Under A Dark Moon is the second book in her Brandon Brothers Trilogy, sequel to A Trick of Fate.
When not writing, she enjoys theatre, travel and playing the harpsichord.
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