{"id":6081,"date":"2025-09-01T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/?page_id=6081"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:30:49","slug":"series-black-sheep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/series-black-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Series: Black Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elderly Duke of Brinshire&#8217;s last son has died, and he has summoned his new heir, a distant cousin, to Staineybank. But the heir isn&#8217;t the only arrival&#8230; just who is sending seemingly random strangers to the duke?<\/p>\n<p>The prequel novella and book 1 are available now; book 2 now available to preorder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.books2read.com\/dukesheir\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/B0-The-Dukes-Heir-ebook-NEW-160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.books2read.com\/dukesarchitect\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6147 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/B1-The-Dukes-Architect-ebook-NEW-160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/dukesportraitist\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/B2-The-Dukes-Portraitist-ebook-NEW-160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Book 0: The Duke&#8217;s Heir: <\/strong>a novella prequel to the series<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 1: The Duke&#8217;s Architect<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 2: The Duke&#8217;s Portraitist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 3: The Duke&#8217;s Gardener<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 4: The Duke&#8217;s Steward<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 5: The Duke&#8217;s Librarian<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book 6: The Duke&#8217;s Enemy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The elderly Duke of Brinshire&#8217;s last son has died, and he has summoned his new heir, a distant cousin, to Staineybank. But the heir isn&#8217;t the only arrival&#8230; just who is sending seemingly random strangers to the duke? The prequel novella and book 1 are available now; book 2 now available to preorder. Book 0: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6185,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6081\/revisions\/6185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}