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    The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1)
    The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1)
    The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1)
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    The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1)

    By Paula Freda

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    Excerpt: "Lord Hayden, I really must go. I need to do more research on the excavation site for my article, and that means starting out early in the morning for the next few days."
    Lord Hayden wondered if she realized her voice trembled. Gently he replied, "All right. But we can work together. I need to visit the site again as well and plan to stay in Palermo at least for a month. No need to pay a taxi when I can drive you back and forth."
    "That’s kind of you," Elizabeth said.
    Again he noted that blush, that shy lowering of emerald eyes, that pursing of softly tinted lips. Again there was that fleeting sense of familiarity. Becharmed, he asked, "I’ll call for you at six. Is that early enough?"
    She nodded, smiling. Lord Hayden escorted her to the door, reached for the doorknob, but never quite grasped it. There was something he wanted to do much more. His arm settled about her shoulders. "Grace Quinlan," he whispered into the top of her hair, a deep rich auburn in the lamplight. The strands felt like silk. He turned her slowly toward him. She kept her gaze lowered and he had to lift her chin to make her look into his eyes.
    Elizabeth’s heart hammered. His eyes were a deep dark brown. She was lost in them. His kiss was light and sweet, sweeter than any of the few she had known. She suspected it would not remain so if she permitted him to continue.
    Easier to climb to the surface from the bottom of the ocean than draw her mouth from his, but she must. I will not be just a pretty face, a temporary companion, someone with whom to share an adventure, a charming woman to pose with, and another newspaper clipping for my scrapbook. So much depended on her strength of purpose. She concentrated all that strength on the vision of the forgotten tomb, the opal, and the woman, wise and beautiful. How would she have reacted in this situation? Would she have dared what Elizabeth Eldridge had contrived? Elizabeth turned her face, and when Lord Hayden’s lips caressed her cheek, she backed away. "Lord Hayden, may I go now?"
    Hayden frowned but did not protest.
    She read the annoyance on his features, the deprivation, but foremost a gentleman, he released her and opened the door. "Six," he said simply.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaula Freda
    Release dateJul 12, 2011
    ISBN9781465788849
    The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1)
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    Paula Freda

    About the AuthorDorothy Paula Freda, is also known under her pen names Paula Freda and Marianne Dora Rose. Herbooks range from Fiction and Non-fiction Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Poetry, Articles, Essays and How-to-Write Instructional complete with Lessons and optional assignments.Homemaker, mother of two grown sons, and former off-the-desk publisher of a family-oriented print small press, (1984 thru 1999), The Pink Chameleon, that she now publishes on line, Paula was raised by her grandmother and mother, and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Even before she could set pencil to paper, she would spin her stories in the recording booths in the Brooklyn Coney Island Arcades for a quarter per 3-minute record. She states, "I love the English language, love words and seeing them on display, typed and alive. A romantic at heart, I write simply and emotionally. One of my former editors kindly described my work, '...her pieces are always deep, gentle and refreshing....'" Paula further states, "My stories are sensitive, deeply emotional, sensual when appropriate, yet non-graphic, family fare, pageturners. My hope is that my writing will bring entertainment and uplift the human spirit, bring a smile to your face and your soul, and leave you filled with a generous amount of hope."

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      The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden Along the Nile (Volume 1) - Paula Freda

      The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden

      Along the Nile

      Volume 1

      Copyright 2005 - 2011

      by Dorothy Paula Freda

      (Pseudonym - Paula Freda)

      Cover photo and inserts licensed by Paula Freda from iStockphoto.com

      Smashwords Edition

      Author retains all rights. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof.

      This story appeared in my novel In Another Life (from the Journals of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden) under my pseudonym, Paula Freda. It is a work of fiction. Except for documented historical data and geographical locations, all names, characters, places and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      With thanks to my Lord Jesus and his Blessed Mother Mary whose strength, guidance, and her Holy Rosary, are my anchor in this troubled world, I dedicate this novella to my husband, whose love, patience and kindness over the past 40 years have kept my dreams and my view of the romantic, alive and vibrant." Paula Freda

      The Adventures

      of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden

      Along the Nile

      CHAPTER ONE

      June 1949

      From the corner of her eye Elizabeth noticed Lord Hayden entering the library and head for the section on ancient relics. She pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her short, but inquisitive nose. The slim gold, grey-tinted glasses had a habit of slipping, which she encouraged. Her brown oxfords thumped across the tiled floor as she approached Lord Hayden.

      Good afternoon, Professor Hayden. Could you spare a moment? The meaning of this particular phrase eludes me. She did not wait for him to glance at her, but placed her opened book on top of his and pointed to a series of Egyptian symbols. Would you be so kind? She ignored his irritable frown.

      Lord Hayden controlled his rampant urge to run. Lately she sought his advice daily and he suspected she nurtured a crush on him. Coincidentally, she had purchased the cottage opposite his. He had seriously contemplated moving.

      Elizabeth normally left her home for Layton Hall at the same time he did. Two weeks ago, her car had conveniently stalled as he was starting his. Of course, he had been obliged to give her a lift.

      Professor Elizabeth Eldridge was well known and respected in archaeological circles, even if she did her research and developed her theories from behind her desk. He might have welcomed her attentions if she was younger and attractive, or if her glasses did not constantly hang on her short nose, or if her hair was not such an intense, somber shade of dark brown, pulled painfully and tightly up into a bun to sit purposefully and ridiculously on top of her head, like a day-old toasted bagel. Perhaps if she was not almost as tall as he was, her legs not so spindly, her hips and breasts nonexistent, her wool suits so grey and her man-tailored shirts so stiff and high-collared, then he might have found her remotely attractive. Perhaps then, he might have considered a casual relationship, if only for the reason that her archaeological expertise was nothing to sneer at.

      At thirty-five, she was his peer and easy to converse with, having long graduated college, and attended various schools abroad where she had earned degrees in Paleontology and Archeology. Her eyes under the grey tinted glasses held an eager expression whenever discussions centered on the sciences dear to his heart. Enthusiasm laced her lectures in class. Knowing that she would substitute for him during his exploratory trips, he need never worry that his students might fall behind in their studies. Her love of the ancient equaled and sometimes surpassed his.

      He did not mind her company during lunch and breaks in the faculty lounge.

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