title: William and the Magic Ring: A Shadow Casting Bedtime Story
author: Laura Robinson
description: "The shadow cast illustrations heighten the excitement as the stories unfold. Pick up either or both of these gems." -- <i>Cape Cod Times</i><br /><br />"Unique in its use of 3-dimensional illustrations, this book satisfies with its ability to create shadow and tell story." -- <i>ABA "Pick of the Lists"</i>
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
  the product of the author’s Imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events
  or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
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  ALSO BY JO BEVERLEY
  
  _Hazard_
  
   _The Devil’s Heiress_
  
   _The Dragon’s Bride_
  
  “The Demon’s Mistress” in  
  _In Praise of Younger Men_
  
   _Devilish_
  
   _Secrets of the Night_
  
   _Forbidden Magic_
  
   _Lord of Midnight_
  
   _Something Wicked_
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [_Chapter 9_](TheLadyNotorious-toc.html#TOC-9)  
  ![./img/chapter-art.jpg](Images/chapter-art.jpg)
  
  Chastity woke to the gray light of an early morning, and the distant clatter
  of the inn. For a moment she wondered where she was and why she was sleeping
  in her clothes. Then it all came back.
  
  Verity, Winchester, Cyn . . .
  
  She opened her eyes a crack and looked up at the bed, but from 