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    A Gentleman's Luck
    A Gentleman's Luck
    A Gentleman's Luck
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    A Gentleman's Luck

    By Nicole Hill

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    William has suffered through the Civil war and survived his entire family including his fiance. Now to have shipwrecked on an island in the middle of nowhere that is not on any map, He knew his luck was rotten but this is taking it to far. Captured and taken to serve in an army that is not his, he has decided that his luck has finally dealt him a fatal blow. That is until he meets Princess Na-Lisa. She is stubborn and vivacious. He knows he must help her to get away from her uncle and his disgusting plans. Can he beat his rotten luck against all odds to save them both?

    Na-Lisa's world has been turned upside down by the death of her father the king and her brother. Her uncle has taken over and has great plans for the kingdom. Plans that include her. She is determined not to go along with them even if it means her untimely demise. She must get out or risk her immortal soul. Can she trust William to save her or is her just one of her uncle's mindless minions?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNicole Hill
    Release dateDec 16, 2011
    ISBN9781465882721
    A Gentleman's Luck
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    Nicole Hill

    Hey everyone. My name is Nicole Hill. Everybody calls me Nikki. I only hear Nicole when I'm in trouble.I was born and raised in a very small town and with not much else to do, I turned to reading. I loved the escape that I found in the pages of the stories that I read. At around the age of twelve I started to write down some of my own to read to my brother and sister before bed. Around the same time, I became very interested in the tales of King Arthur and Morgan Le Fay. I loved the way magic was so alive in the legends. I always lost myself entirely in the world of Merlin but always hated the way the legends ended. I was always left wondering why they were never given a chance to redeem themselves. So Five years ago, when I was working at a call center and had loads of time between calls, I decided that I wanted to finish their story my way. So here I am. Legacy Forgotten is the first in the Avalon Legacies. My way of fixing what I considered to be a great injustice. Hope you enjoy their world as much as I have.

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      A Gentleman's Luck - Nicole Hill

      A Gentleman’s Luck

      Nicole Hill

      Chapter One

      October 15th 1867

      William could not believe his luck. Not only to have survived the ship wreck but to have somehow washed up on the shore of what looked to be a prominent fishing village on this god forsaken island in the middle of nowhere. He approached the village with caution. He had no way of knowing if these people were friendly. He had no idea of where he actually was. The last he knew of, the ship was sailing off the coast of Egypt. That was a day or so before the storm hit. He had spent the last two days floating aimlessly on a large piece of the ship’s hull that was still some how able to stay afloat.

      William was hesitant to enter the village. He felt as if he were being watched. Scanning the area he saw no one but he knew from his days on a battle field that seeing no one there didn't really amount to a hill of beans. William shook his head, lost in his thoughts. To think, he survived a civil war and a ship wreck only to most more than likely die on some strange island in the middle of nowhere. Just another point for his family's curse of rotten luck. Yep, he knew he wasn't going to like what came next.

      October 16th

      Na-Lisa rounded on her mother as the older woman sat on her bed all prim and proper. I can’t believe you would force me mother!!!!!!! Na-Lisa raved. Daddy would have never stood...... Na-Lisa was interrupted buy the immediate pain from the slap of her mother’s hand across her cheek. Na-Lisa's mouth fell open as her hand came up to cradle her cheek. Her mother had never struck her......Ever in all her life.

      You will do as your uncle decrees. Her mother stated. Your father is dead and now your father's brother is king. You will do as you are told or you will be put to death for treason! Do you think that I would want to see that happen? Her mother finished pleading with her daughter.

      Na-Lisa looked at her mother stunned for a moment. I can’t believe that you would allow him to do this to us! Na-Lisa all but screamed. This is ludicrous. It's not right. God would be angry. I would rather be killed than to bed with a harem of Guards just so that Uncle can have more Guards to raise. I won’t do it! She stated. God would never forgive. Uncle Martin is crazy. He is mad can’t you see? She pleaded to her mother. Her mother stood and left the room, shaking her head. I won’t do it! She screamed to her retreating form. Please. God help me. She said desperately to the empty room.

      February 22nd

      William stood in the wash room of the Guard’s quarters. He rolled his shoulders in an attempt to iron out the kinks in his neck. He’d had a hard day today and wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. Unfortunately he had been summoned to the office of the head of Guard. God knows what he had done now. Must be his rotten luck just following him around. It was days like this that made him miss home something awful.

      William was born in South Carolina on August 11th 1835. He had celebrated his Thirty Second birthday a few months before he washed up on this god forsaken island. He was the son of a wealthy cotton farmer and for a great many years of his life he wasted all his days playing and all of his nights at parties and social gatherings. When the civil war broke out, he joined and served his county as any true American gentleman did.

      His father wasn't your typical cotton farmer in the sense that he was very kind to all slaves owned by him. He in fact rescued some and bought them from some of his less than kind country men. William joined to fight because he felt that what he bought and paid for belonged to him. He was also engaged. Sara was a lovely girl that grew up next door to him. It was known since their births that they would marry. He supposed he liked her enough. She was nice to look at after all.

      Sara was killed when the town was attacked by union soldiers. He was two states over fighting his own battle and did not find out until months later. When the war was over he returned to his family plantation in South Carolina. In fact, he only still had his house because the Union soldiers had liked it enough to use it for a headquarters instead of burning it to the ground.

      He spent months at his family home wandering in a state of constant drunkenness. Not being able to deal with the fact that after everything he'd done and been through, he was now totally and completely alone. He tried to get back into his old life of balls and parties but realized that he no longer had anything in common with the spoiled rich gents of the ton.

      As wonderful as his family estate was, he was different now and no longer wanted the same things that he wanted before the war. One day, He sold the estate and all of it's contents and put most of the funds in the bank. He left that very night and hadn't been back since. He had been traveling for the better part of the last two years. Traveling here and there. Really wherever he felt like. How he ended up on this island just off the shores of east India was just bad luck.

      William had been walking on a pier in New York when he spotted a ship at port. He wandered over curious. The captain said that they were carrying cargo to France and then Greece. Greece he had thought. That sounded nice. Maybe he would ride along.

      William snapped back to the present. "Ha!" He said out loud to himself as he was dressing. Look where that got you. Forced to serve in an army that's not your own, in a place that you are unfamiliar with. He had stepped not two feet into the main village when he was taken into custody. He'd been taken straight to the king.

      The King Martin would have killed him but decided he would give him a chance to prove himself. He was to serve on the kingdoms army. This king was rather new from what he had seen and heard. His brother died and he was forced to take over for him.

      At first William was kept in a cage at night and watched carefully during the day. But now four months later he must have proven himself worthy of some trust because he is now allowed free reign if only of the Guard's quarters below the castle. But he was no longer caged

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