The Engagement Bargain (2014)
“The marshal wasn’t going to appreciate this turn of affairs one bit. Once again the coincidences were piling up. The little girl had been at the rally the day of the shooting. Mother and daughter had been staying at the same hotel. Now a body had rolled out of their trunk.
Clearly agitated, the mother stepped forward, clenching her daughter’s hand, her chin set at a defiant angle. “I am Mrs. Phillips.”
The woman was young, not much older than Anna. Her dress was expensively made, though... a season or two out of fashion judging by the size of her bustle, a distinction Anna doubted anyone else noticed. She’d always had an eye for fashion, a useless trait in the Bishop household.
The woman was pretty, though clearly exhausted. Dark circles surrounded her hazel eyes, and the corners of her lips tugged down as though in perpetual frown. Tendrils of chestnut hair had escaped the tight bun at the nape of her neck.MoreLess
Clearly agitated, the mother stepped forward, clenching her daughter’s hand, her chin set at a defiant angle. “I am Mrs. Phillips.”
The woman was young, not much older than Anna. Her dress was expensively made, though... a season or two out of fashion judging by the size of her bustle, a distinction Anna doubted anyone else noticed. She’d always had an eye for fashion, a useless trait in the Bishop household.
The woman was pretty, though clearly exhausted. Dark circles surrounded her hazel eyes, and the corners of her lips tugged down as though in perpetual frown. Tendrils of chestnut hair had escaped the tight bun at the nape of her neck.MoreLess
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