A Lark In a Hollow
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Last published Fri, Apr 19, 2024
Really, she doesn't have a choice.
Lark barely remembers the huge shadow of a man sitting beside her in the dead heat of Mrs. Poppy's office at the children's home. He is silent, stoic, and completely terrifying.
Christopher Hollow.
Muscled.
Six foot five.
Storm blue eyes.
Dog tags outlined under the straining stretch of his black tee-shirt.
"Lark," Mrs. Poppy says, gently, "you're happy with this arrangement? You want to go with your Godfather?"
There's no money left for her to live off until she finds a job - if she finds a job.
Her Dad is dead.
Lark doesn't have a choice.
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When Lark's father dies in murky circumstances, she is left to the care of his old military comrade. What seems a benign arrangement at first fast becomes sinister as lies are uncovered and a taboo romance sparks from a flicker into a forest-fire.
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