title: A Contemptible Affection: A Regency Novella
author:  Ranee S. Clark 
description: I've been writing since I was old enough to grasp a crayon--my grandma even has an early copy of a "book" I made her. I have a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wyoming and will (hopefully) soon be starting a graduate program in English. When I'm not breaking up impromptu UFC fights in the living room or losing miserably to my seven-year-old at Uno, I'm ... well, writing or editing, of course! I'm married to my best friend, and we have two rambunctious but simply amazing little boys.
zlib_text: **REGENCY ROMANCE**
  
  ******Lord of the Storm** ****
  
  Regency Gothic Book 1
  
  **Arietta Richmond**
  
    
  
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  **Dreamstone Publishing © 2019**
  
  **www.dreamstonepublishing.com** ****
  
  > > > > Copyright © 2019 Dreamstone Publishing and Arietta Richmond,
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  No parts of this work may be copied without the author’s permission.
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1-925915-41-9
  
    
  
  ******Disclaimer** ****
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, organisations, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used
  fictitiously.
  
    
  
  ******Dedication** ****
  
  For everyone who had the grace to be patient while this book, and every other
  book that I have written, was coming into existence, who provided cups of tea,
  and food, when the writing would not let me go, and endured countless times
  being asked for opinions.
  
  For the readers who inspire me to continue writing, by buying my books!
  Especially for those of you who have taken the time to