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Charlotte Conway's Narrative Essay

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Charlotte Conway thought she was in love with David Hunt, putting up with all his sexual idiosyncrasies, and obeying his every whim. However, David wanted rid of her and called his half brother Gideon to do his dirty work and pick up the mess.
When caught in less than circumspect circumstances, Charlotte decided she hated Gideon Black and blamed him for the situation she then found herself in.
Homeless, penniless and jobless she had no option but to accept Gideon’s proposal of marriage. A lighthouse on the Cornish coast was where marine biologist Gideon Black had set up home, studying the marine life and writing a book. Charlotte slipped into her role of housewife, cook, and bottle washer with ease. However, she had thought it a marriage of convenience and was outraged, although curiously excited …show more content…

The Cornish coast, wild, beautiful and dangerous, hiding secrets old and new it was a place out of a seventeenth century novel. However, it was one of those secrets Charlotte stumbled upon in her guise as detective.
What was Tawny up to in the caves? Dangers unfolded, Charlotte in her quest for answers put her own life at risk as she stumbled on a smugglers rendezvous. An unexpected turn, Gideon also appeared to be in cahoots with the smugglers. What was Charlotte to do? Her new life was tumbling around her ears. A dark stormy night, a hunter’s moon and a ride into danger followed. The smugglers were on the beech unloading their bounty along with Gideon and Tawny. Foolishly confronting the pair, Charlotte did not consider the danger she was putting herself in and was horrified when Tawny ordered Gideon to throw her off the cliff.
Drugs unloaded, Tawny confident in her role as Gideon’s mistress arranged to meet him at a later date only to be dismayed when she found herself in handcuffs surrounded by

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