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FINALIST in FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, 2016'Run, Rosie, run!' I cried, gasping for breath, as my daughter spun around and dashed towards the steps. From the perimeter fence behind us, strong, thin beams of light jerked wildly as black-coated figures climbed over and advanced at a steady run, spreading out like spiders on a web.'How can Emma and Matthew escape when the past is only one step behind them and the enemy unknown? When history catches up and past and present collide, where will there be left to hide in the future Fearful Symmetry is the thrilling conclusion to The Secret of the Journal series.'An addictive mix of suspense, romance, and the supernatural.'Jane Bidder, author of Guilty

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Contemporary romance

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Publié par	Lion Hudson
Date de parution	16 septembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781782641995
Langue	English

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The Secret of the Journal series

Mortal Fire
Death Be Not Proud
Rope of Sand
Realm of Darkness
Fearful Symmetry

Text copyright © 2016 C. F. Dunn
This edition copyright © 2016 Lion Hudson

The right of C. F. Dunn to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

All the characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Published by Lion Fiction
an imprint of
Lion Hudson plc
Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road
Oxford OX2 8DR, England
www.lionhudson.com/fiction

ISBN 978 1 78264 198 8
e-ISBN 978 1 78264 199 5

First edition 2016

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication

Acknowledgments
Characters
The Lynes Family Tree
The D’Eresby Family Tree
The Lynes Coat of Arms
The D’Eresby Coat of Arms
The Story So Far
PART ONE
1. Aftermath
2. Facing Demons
3. Birthday Boy
4. Great Expectations
5. Of Dragons and Giants
6. Unmasking Monsters
7. Blood Sinister
8. Precious Cargo
9. Meadow Rose
10. Secrets and Ties
11. Revelation
PART TWO
12. The Gate of the Year
13. Elementary
14. Special Delivery
15. Portland
16. Exit Strategy
17. Army of Ghosts
18. Exodus
19. Family Matters
20. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
21. Father Christmas
22. Reparation
23. Break, Blow, Burn
24. E.V.E.
25. Rags of Time
Author’s Notes

To the Author of all things.
Acknowledgments
This is the last Acknowledgment I will write for The Secret of the Journal series. Although I have thanked the many people who have contributed over the years, there are many more – some whose names I never knew – who helped me with tit-bits of information, a historical reference, or words of encouragement. Then there are those on writing forums and book groups, and readers who have contacted me from the other side of the world, who have made writing this series a complete joy.
I owe much to the cheerful professionalism of the Lion Fiction team, who made editing and production (from an author’s point of view) a doddle: editor Jessica Tinker; Jess Scott, who saw it through to production; Jonathan Roberts (design), and Kylie Ord (production). A special thank you to copy editor Sheila Jacobs (I hope the new orchard bears much fruit) and to Sarah Krueger of Kregel Publishing in the USA.
As always, I wish to thank Tony Collins, former publisher and editor of Lion Hudson, for taking me on in the first place and for his subsequent support throughout the series, and author Pen Wilcock for her insight and intuition.
I am indebted to the endorsement of this rookie’s work by author Colin Dexter, whose encouragement and validation made the world of difference when it was needed.
To the many people who, over the years in their professional capacity, have generously given their time and advice, especially: for her insight into psychological conditions, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Kiki O’Neil-Byrne, MB BCH. BAO Dip. Clin. Psych. MRCPsych, and R. F. D. – Director of the Royal Engineers’ Museum, Library and Archive – for invaluable access to original documents at the RE Library.
Thanks, also, to friends and colleagues, author Sue Russell (S.L. Russell), Dee Prewer and Lisa Lewin for their selfless support from the beginning, and the staff at Cobham Hall School for providing an appropriately historic setting in which to hold my launch events. Michelle Jimerson Morris, of Seamlyne Reproductions, and Norm Forgey of Maine Day Trip, who once again supplied regional information in the USA.
Special mention goes to C.P. – it is for people like you that makes writing worth while.
Nearly the last (but never the least) my chief marketing and promotion agent – my father – whom I could have hired out countless times to other authors because of his persistent and fearless approach to promoting his daughter’s books to anyone and everyone, with a cheerful, “Do you enjoy a good read?” followed by proffering a card with the current book’s details. How could anyone refuse an offer like that? And my dearest mother – our family’s glue – holding us all together with her love, patience, wisdom and compassion.
Finally, the last word must go to my husband and daughters, whose unconditional love and tireless encouragement have kept me going from the beginning to the end.
Thank you, all, for the opportunity to bring this story alive.
Characters
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH STAFF AT HOWARD’S LAKE COLLEGE, MAINE
Emma D’Eresby, Department of History (Medieval & Early Modern)
Elena Smalova, Department of History (Post-Revolutionary Soviet Society)
Matias Lidström, Faculty of Bio-medicine (Genetics)
Matthew Lynes, surgeon, Faculty of Bio-medicine (Mutagenesis)
Sam Wiesner, Department of Mathematics (Metamathematics)
Madge Makepeace, Faculty of Social Sciences (Anthropology)
Siggie Gerhard, Faculty of Social Sciences (Psychology)
Saul Abrahms, Faculty of Social Sciences (Psychology of Functional Governance)
Colin Eckhart, Department of History (Renaissance & Reformation Art)
Kort Staahl, Department of English (Early Modern Literature)
Megan, research assistant, Bio-medicine
Sung, research assistant, Bio-medicine
The Dean, Stephen Shotter
MA STUDENTS
Holly Stanhope; Josh Feitel; Hannah Graham; Aydin Yilmaz
IN CAMBRIDGE
Guy Hilliard, Emma’s former tutor
Tom Falconer, Emma’s friend
Judy Falconer, archivist
EMMA’S FAMILY
Hugh D’Eresby, her father
Penny D’Eresby, her mother
Beth Marshall, her sister
Rob Marshall, her brother-in-law
Alex & Flora, her twin nephew and niece
Archie, their younger brother
Nanna, her grandmother
Douglas, her grandpa

Joan Seaton, friend of the family
Roger Seaton, Joan’s son
MATTHEW’S FAMILY
Henry Lynes, his son
Patricia Lynes (Pat), Henry’s wife
Margaret Lynes (Maggie), his granddaughter
Daniel Lynes (Dan), his grandson
Jeanette (Jeannie) Rathbone, Dan’s wife, and their children:
Ellie Lynes
Joel Lynes
Harry Lynes
Charlie, Ellie’s son

THE LYNES FAMILY TREE and THE D’ERESBY FAMILY TREE

THE LYNES COAT OF ARMS

THE D’ERESBY COAT OF ARMS

The Story So Far
Independent and self-contained British historian Emma D’Eresby has taken up a year-long research post in an exclusive American university in Maine, fulfilling her ambition (and that of her grandfather) to study the Richardson Journal – the diary of a seventeenth-century Englishman – housed in the library there.
Single-minded and determined, Emma is wary of relationships, but she quickly attracts the unwelcome attention of seductive colleague Sam Weisner, and the disturbing Professor of English, Kort Staahl. Despite her best intentions to remain focused on her work, and encouraged by her vivacious Russian friend, Elena Smalova, Emma becomes increasingly attracted to medical research scientist and surgeon Matthew Lynes, whose old fashioned courtesy she finds both disarming and curious.
Widowed and living quietly with his family, Matthew is reluctant to let her into his life, despite his clear interest in her, and Emma suspects there is more to his past than the little he tells her. His English-sounding name and the distinctive colour of his hair intrigues her, and Emma believes there is a link between Matthew and the very journal she came to the United States to study. Against her nature, she smuggles the historic document from the library to investigate further.
Events take a sinister turn as a series of savage assaults on women sends ripples of fear through the campus. Emma is convinced she is being followed and during the prestigious All Saints’ dinner at Halloween is viciously attacked by psychotic Professor Staahl, leaving her on the edge of death. Only Matthew’s timely intervention saves her and, as he cares for her in his college rooms, their relationship deepens and Emma finds herself battling between her growing love and her need to learn more about him.
A near-fatal encounter with a bear raises questions about Matthew she can no longer ignore.
Frustrated by the mystery surrounding his past and his refusal to tell her who he really is, Emma reluctantly flees Maine to her claustrophobic family home in England. Hidden from sight, but not her conscience, she has also taken the journal.
Years of acrimony with her family and a bruising affair a decade before with her tutor, Guy Hilliard – a married man – have left their scars. Now broken both physically and emotionally, and facing an emotional crisis, Emma drifts, until a chance meeting refocuses her attention on the unanswered questions she had left behind. Using her historical training to trace Matthew’s family to an almost extinct hamlet in the tiny county of Rutland, she makes a startling discovery. Her instinct had been right: Matthew is a relic of the past.
Born in the early years of the seventeenth-century, Matthew had been betrayed during the English Civil War when a clash with his uncle left him fighting for his life. He not only lived, but persisted, growing steadily in strength and surviving events that would have killed any other man. Diary entries by the family steward in the same journal now in Emma’s possession reveal that in the overheated atmosphere of seventeenth-century England – where rumours were rife and accusations of witchcraft frequent – Matthew faced persecution because of his differences, and he fled to the American colonies.
Coming to terms with Matthew’s past, Emma is all-too aware tha