
It just so happened that I had been looking for a costume to wear to the Romance Writers of Australia's 'Diamonds are Forever' cocktail party, last week, so when I discovered this little 'Antoinette overbust' number, below, I had to have it. Especially as What Katie Did were having this mega sale.
So, if you're into corsets, you might get a kick-start with 100 pounds towards one (though mine, on sale, was a lot less) through checking out the Bodices & Boudoirs Collection.
The
Cavalier blurb
Drummond Castle, home of staunch Puritan
Silas Drummond and his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, has been besieged by Royalist
forces. In a bargain to spare her husband’s life Lady Elizabeth has agreed to
spend the night with the commander of the hated King’s Men.
Second-in-command, Charles Trethveyan, has
other ideas. He’s planned this moment since Elizabeth chose to marry Silas
eight years before.
When Elizabeth discovers that her former
Cavalier lover has taken the place of his superior, she must decide whether
Charles is motivated by love or revenge.
Either way, her response will have
devastating consequences.
Here’s an excerpt from a scene in which the depraved commander Reynolds
has his eye to the keyhole. My heroine, Elizabeth, is in the bedroom with the
man who was once her lover and whom she believes betrayed her, though she still
has feelings for him.
Slowly, Elizabeth nodded once. “This is
war,” she whispered, simply, “and I want to live. I’ll struggle and scream as I
would if it were Reynolds but you have my permission to take me. I’ve dreamed
of it.” She said it so he could be under no illusions as to her feelings and
was gratified by the brief shock that crossed his face.
Immediately she tried to pull out of his
arms. “You betrayed me!” she shrieked. “By God, I rue the day I set eyes on you.
You betrayed me. Don’t touch me!”
The play acting had begun.
So, good luck
if you do enter. And even if you don’t, you might just have fun checking out
the corset range at What Katie Did. It’s my new favourite online shopping
haunt.