Shrouded

Douglas likes women - quiet women; the kind he deals with at the mortuary where he works. Douglas meets Marjorie, unemployed, gaining weight and losing confidence. She talks and laughs a lot to cover up her shyness, but what Douglas really needs is a lover who'll stay still - perfectly still. Perhaps he can put Marjorie into a state of limbo and use her to feed his growing sexual hunger. Douglas studies his textbooks to find a way ... PROLOGUE......Page 5 CHAPTER ONE......Page 14 CHAPTER TWO......Page 25 CHAPTER THREE......Page 33 CHAPTER FOUR......Page 42 CHAPTER FIVE......Page 47 CHAPTER SIX......Page 52 CHAPTER SEVEN......Page 60 CHAPTER EIGHT......Page 70 CHAPTER NINE......Page 78 CHAPTER TEN......Page 88 CHAPTER ELEVEN......Page 93 CHAPTER TWELVE......Page 102 CHAPTER THIRTEEN......Page 108 CHAPTER FOURTEEN......Page 114 CHAPTER FIFTEEN......Page 117 CHAPTER SIXTEEN......Page 125 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN......Page 130 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN......Page 133 CHAPTER NINETEEN......Page 136 CHAPTER TWENTY......Page 140 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE......Page 150 CHAPTER TWENTY TWO......Page 157 CHAPTER TWENTY THREE......Page 161 CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR......Page 165 CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE......Page 178 CHAPTER TWENTY SIX......Page 189 CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN......Page 192 CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT......Page 202 CHAPTER TWENTY NINE......Page 214 CHAPTER THIRTY......Page 219 CHAPTER THIRTY ONE......Page 230 CHAPTER THIRTY TWO......Page 233 CHAPTER THIRTY THREE......Page 239 CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR......Page 246 CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE......Page 252 CHAPTER THIRTY SIX......Page 258 CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN......Page 262 CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT......Page 268 CHAPTER THIRTY NINE......Page 272 CHAPTER FORTY......Page 276 CHAPTER FORTY ONE......Page 287 CHAPTER FORTY TWO......Page 296 CHAPTER FORTY THREE......Page 301 CHAPTER FORTY FOUR......Page 303 CHAPTER FORTY FIVE......Page 308 CHAPTER FORTY SIX......Page 311 CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN......Page 313 CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT......Page 314 CHAPTER FORTY NINE......Page 319 CHAPTER FIFTY......Page 324 CHAPTER FIFTY ONE......Page 327 CHAPTER FIFTY TWO......Page 329 EPILOGUE......Page 332 Acknowledgements......Page 337 About the Author......Page 339 A necrophilic romance set in Scotland. The protagonist is Douglas, an undertaker. He is a reserved man and he likes women who don't talk, the kind he deals with daily at the mortuary. One day Douglas falls in love with Marjorie, a prostitute, but she talks a lot. If only he could have her silent like the others, Douglas muses--and perhaps he can.