The Velvet Choker

FROM TOP 15 NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR SELENA KITT OVER ONE MILLION BOOKS SOLD! - WANT MORE SELENA KITT? website: http://www. selenakitt.com facebook: http://www. facebook.com/selenakitt twitter: http://www. twitter.com/selenakitt @selenakitt blog: http://www. selenakitt.com/blog Get ALL FIVE of Selena Kitt's FREE READS by joining her mailing list! http://oi. vresp.com/?fid=42139a5f83 - Lydia has heard the stories from her co-workers about the house at the apex of two dead end roads, but the young immigrant housekeeper isn't scared easily. Working for the strange and reserved jewelry maker Hugo Kauffman pays well, and for that, she's willing to overlook his eccentricities. But when Lydia finds a black, velvet choker in a box she's been forbidden from opening, her life is changed forever, and she finds herself suddenly bound to the strange and eccentric old man who runs the household. Will the introduction and interest of the new, young portrait painter save her from her plight? Note: This short story originally appeared in the anthology Shivers