Marriage Most Scandalous
Chapter One
Like many towns and villages throughout Austria,
Felburg had its share of Baroque architecture in
its churches and its plaza, its fountains and
charming squares. Where Vienna overwhelmed,
Felburg offered peace and quiet, which was why
Sebastian Townshend decided to spend the night
there as he passed through the Alpine hills.
The job he had just finished had been
frustrating, taking him from France to Italy,
back to France, then to Hungary, and finally to
Vienna. His mission had been to retrieve stolen
books, very rare books that a wife had absconded
with. His current employer didn't want his wife
back, just the books. Sebastian had them in his
possession now. The wife hadn't been
cooperative, though. He'd had to steal them from
her.
It had been a distasteful task but not as
abhorrent as some of the jobs he'd taken over
the years since he'd left home. For quite a few
years he hadn't discriminated. He simply had
little reason to care about anything. Disowned
by his father, all ties to his family broken,
and carrying a bitterness deep inside himself
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