His Lordship's Gift: His Lordship's Mysteries

By Samantha SoRelle

Dominick has everything he needs in life—a roof over his head, food in his belly, and the man he loves in his bed every night. However, in the last year he's also had his fair share of chaos, violence, and murder so it's understandable how a little thing like Christmas might have slipped his mind. Even worse, he has no idea what to get Alfie for their first Christmas since reuniting.

 

With time to find a present running out, he's willing to take any suggestions he can get. But being trapped in a dreary manor house in Scotland certainly limits his options. And what could an earl like Alfie even want that he doesn't already have?

 

A "His Lordship's Mysteries" short story, set after the events of "His Lordship's Master" and containing spoilers for the first two books. Available for free on SamanthaSoRelle .com and sign up for the newsletter there to get future free stories one week early.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balcarres Books LLC
• Release date: Jul 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9781952789076

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His Lordship's Gift

A His Lordship's Mysteries Short Story

Samantha SoRelle

Balcarres Books LLC

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ISBN-13: 978-1-952789-07-6

ISBN-10: 1-952789-07-9

Cover design by Samantha SoRelle

Original cover image licensed by Jessica Spengler and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Cover image adapted by Samantha SoRelle.

Contents

A Note:

His Lordship's Gift

Author's Note

By Samantha SoRelle

His Lordship’s Return

A Note:

This short story contains spoilers for the first two books in the His Lordship's Mysteries series, His Lordship's Secret and His Lordship's Master . If you haven't read those two first, I'd strongly recommend it. This short story will still be waiting when you return!

His Lordship's Gift

December 21st, 1818

Balcarres House, Scotland

Dominick gave Alfie’s bare shoulder a kiss before tucking the blankets in firmly around him. His efforts earned him no response other than a sleepy grumble as Alfie worked himself further down under the covers until only his auburn curls remained visible, spread out on the pillow in untamed glory. Unable to resist tousling those curls just a little more, Dominick did so, then placed a dressing gown on the bed for Alfie when he awoke—no reason for Jarrett to get a show he didn’t deserve when he came in to light the fire.

As he disappeared back through the secret passage to his own chambers, Dominick couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought. The little weasel had been noticeably less weasel-ish since their talk, but that didn’t mean Dominick was inclined to do him any favours, especially if those favours included ogling a naked Alfie