title: The Grace Mysteries: Assassin & Betrayal
author: Lady Grace Cavendish
description: LADY GRACE CAVENDISH was a Maid of Honour at the court of Queen Elizabeth. She became a ward of the court after both her parents were tragically killed in the service of the Queen. This daybooke marks her debut in the world of writing.
zlib_text: Suddenly he heard a strangled cry coming from the shower
  Without thinking, Mac threw back the curtain.
  “What is it…Grace? What’s wrong?”
  Stark naked, she stared at him with wide eyes. Her mouth formed a perfect
  little O.
  Even as he tried to reassure her that she was okay, he couldn’t help but
  absorb the details of her body.
  An unexpected heat of desire knocked him on his heels. Good to know past
  betrayals hadn’t killed every impulse in his body, but talk about poor timing.
  He tried to turn away, but Grace ran shaky hands across her flat tummy.
  And then he finally understood her distress.
  Across her belly, vertical lines, so faint they were all but invisible.
  The lines a woman’s abdomen acquires as her body stretches to
  accommodate a pregnancy.
  She was somebody’s mother.
  
   
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