The Professor's Lady by Holly Bush
Meet the Thompsons of Locust Street, an unconventional family taking Philadelphia high society by storm…
1870 Kirsty Thompson is determined to begin her own business bringing beloved Scottish fabrics and yarns to Philadelphia but first she must meet the men and women who weave the plaids and spin the wool. How will she ever escape her protective older siblings and sail to Scotland?
Albert Watson is a medical doctor focusing on research, especially that of Joseph Lister and his sterilization techniques. He speaks at universities in America and in England while visiting his London relatives. As he prepares to sail for just such an engagement, Kirsty Thompson boards his ship to beg him to take her with him. What’s a gentleman to do? Albert cancels his trip across the ocean to escort Miss Thompson back to Philadelphia and finds there is danger afoot for her and her family.
Soon he comes to realize there is also danger for his heart, even for a man who rarely pulls his nose from a medical journal. He finds himself unable to put Miss Kirsty Thompson out of his thoughts, where they belonged, because certainly a beautiful, ambitious, and charming young woman could have no interest in him. Or could she?
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Holly Bush's historical romances are set during the turbulent and transformative years of the late 1800’s. The first two books in her newest series, The Gentrys of Paradise, released in the spring of 2017 and began with the novella Into the Evermore where readers meet Virginia horse breeders, Eleanor and Beauregard Gentry. The following books feature their children, Adam, Matthew, and Olivia. For the Brave is Matthew’s story and is the first full length book of the series. Olivia's book, For This Moment, released in the spring of 2018. The final book, For Her Honor, is now available.
The Crawford Family Series following the fortunes of the three Boston born Crawford sisters and includes Train Station Bride, Contract to Wed, Her Safe Harbor, and companion novella, The Maid’s Quarters. Cross the Ocean and Charming the Duke are both British set Victorian romances. Fan favorites stand-alone historical romance novels include Romancing Olive and Reconstructing Jackson. Holly's books are described as ‘emotional, with heartfelt, sexy romance.’
She also writes General Fiction under the name of Hollis Bush.
Holly makes her home with her husband, one happy Labrador Retriever and a clever Jack Russell rescued from the pound, and two difficult cats in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Connect with Holly at www.hollybushbooks.com, on Twitter @hollybushbooks, on Instagram, and on Facebook at Holly Bush. Follow Holly on her Amazon author page to receive new release updates and on BookBub to check out her reviews and get sale information.
She turned back to him, wide-eyed. “I wish I had a knife.”
“Excuse me?”
“A knife, Mr. Watson. Muireall gave Elspeth a knife before she went to the Pendergast ball, and she hid it in a little pocket on the side seam of her dress. She stabbed a man and killed him.”
“You look particularly cheerful about that, Miss Thompson.”
“Oh, I am. I wish I’d been there to stick a knife in his eye while she stabbed him in the stomach, where Muireall had told her to.”
“A bit bloodthirsty?”
She shook her head. “No. Anyone who attacks our family will face consequences.”
There was no shading her view of the world. No gray area in her morality or her heart. There was right and there was wrong, and her decisions did not appear to lay heavy on her conscience. He let himself think about the aftermath if he had to pull out the pistol laying in the bag at his feet and wondered how it would feel to take a life or injure another person. Would he feel guilty? He thought he might. Kirsty Thompson, however, would have no second thoughts.
“Whatever are we to do if they confront us here on the train?” Kirsty whispered.
“I highly doubt they will. And Mr. Clawson has settled himself on the bench just ahead. And as you mentioned, Mr. Clawson did not see any of your attackers, only having the descriptions we gave him, so perhaps he is mistaken.”
She smiled up at him and thought about how much better she felt hearing his sensible words and conclusions. But then it occurred to her. “Mr. Watson, you are not stuttering anymore.”
He swallowed and turned his head, facing front. “Just so.”
“What does that mean, ‘just so’?” she asked, more than a little exasperated.
“It means I d-do . . . do not wish to discuss it.”
“Oh.” She stared out the train window, watching the fields and trees go by. “But sometimes when we talk about something that bothers us, it can make us feel better.”
The passing landscape was hypnotic, but Kirsty was not sleepy. She wanted to be alert in case Plowman’s men showed their faces, and she wanted to know more about Albert Watson. She wanted to know what sort of activity he did to make his chest so muscular and his stomach so flat. How wonderfully it narrowed to lean hips barely holding up his drawstring drawers. But what was more vivid in her mind’s eye was his face as he’d kissed her, the way he’d stared at her mouth, and that moment when he’d seemed to lose all control and pushed her against the door letting her feel the length of him against her belly. She groaned.
“Miss Thompson?”
“I—I didn’t eat much yesterday. I’m just hungry, Mr. Watson. I’ll be fine.”
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