title: Rekindle the Flame: Book 2 of the Vendicatori
author:  Marc Estes 
description: Accomplished writer, Marc Estes, is proud to present Rekindle the Flame, the second in a series of Vendicatori novels developed by Mr. Estes. He is the recipient of numerous national and international playwriting awards including the Vermont Playwright's Award, the 2012 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, the Robert Chesley Award from the Chesley/Bumbalow Foundation in Los Angeles, and he was selected to receive the Artist in Residence Grant from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. His plays, Gumbo (adapted from the short story by Charles Huckelbury) and Going Home were presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His play The Practice of Killing (co-written with Robert Johnson, and adapted from the short story by Mr. Johnson) has been published in the Spring 2013 edition of Tacenda Literary Magazine. In 2014, Mr. Estes published his debut novel, Four Pieces For Power: Book 1 of the Vendicatori Series. Estes is a native of New England.
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  # The Vehement Flame
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
  
  
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  CHAPTER I
  
  
  CHAPTER II
  
  
  CHAPTER III
  
  
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
  CHAPTER V
  
  
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  CHAPTER X
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  CHAPTER XII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XV
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX
  
  
  CHAPTER XX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXVII
  
  
  
  
  
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  THE VEHEMENT FLAME
  
  
  A NOVEL
  
  
  BY MARGARET DELAND
  
  
  AUTHOR OF DR. LAVENDAR'S PEOPLE, OLD CHESTER TALES, ETC.
  
  
  1922
  
  
  
  
  
  TO LORIN:
  
  
  Together, so many years ago—seven, 