Chapter 8

“I think she’ll take the opportunity. Kitty’s back in town.”

Roddy burst into laughter at the seeming non sequitur. Lady Dinah had been thrilled to finally have a baby girl in the family after all the sons she’d presented her husband. Bertie had taken one look at the newborn and announced, “We’re naming her after you, my love. She’ll be as dainty and delicate as…well, as her own Mama.” Only as the little girl grew, surrounded by brothers determined to teach her how to keep herself safe, she’d learned to hunt and fish and ride as well as any of them. She was almost as tall as them, was smarter than her brilliant brother, and had taken honours in her field of study, earning a PhD and traveling the world in search of goblin sharks of all things.