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AUTHOR NOTE

For those who enjoyed MAN BEHIND THE FAÇADE, and wanted to know what happened to Nicholas and Jane, who appeared in that book, this is their story.

It isn’t ever easy writing a romance where love doesn’t run smoothly when it is obvious from the beginning that the hero and heroine are so right for each other. And to weave in a historical background without it impinging too much on the love story is also a fine art. Films and television programmes have brought the Tudor years to the fore because they were interesting, exciting and scary times.

This book, just like the previous one, is set mainly in Oxfordshire. I owe thanks for a large part of my research to my eldest son, Iain, who was a student at Brasenose College, Oxford, a few years back. More recently we visited not only Oxford but the town of Witney whilst on Retreat. Witney was founded on sheep and the wool trade and was famous for its blankets. My husband and I were given one by my mother-in-law, Ellen Elizabeth Frizzell Francis, as part of our wedding present almost fifty years ago.

I’d like to dedicate this book to her memory, and also to my husband, John, and three sons, Iain, Tim and Daniel, for all their forbearance when I’ve been lost in a different world. At least this has ensured they can all whip up a good meal as well as change their beds and vacuum the carpet!