Once Upon a Pillow

Star authors and friends Connie Brockway and Christina Dodd had a cute idea: why not write a book together? Once Upon a Pillow differs from most anthologies in that all the stories are directly linked – they’re the tales of the Masterson family, English nobility known throughout the generations for their legendary bed, which is gorgeously carved, too heavy to move, and the subject of a legend which says that “when a Masterson and the love of his life unite in the Masterson bed, the result nine months later is the Masterson heir.” But the Mastersons have died out, and Masterson Manor has been sold. As scholar Laurel Whitney leads her last tour through the house, she imagines romanticized stories of the bed’s previous owners. Of course, the truth is a little messier than Laurel imagines.