Regency Rogues: Stolen Sins. Julia Justiss
Читать онлайн.| Название | Regency Rogues: Stolen Sins |
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| Автор произведения | Julia Justiss |
| Жанр | Историческая литература |
| Серия | Mills & Boon M&B |
| Издательство | Историческая литература |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780008906078 |
Stolen Encounters with the Duchess
Forbidden Nights with the Viscount
Julia Justiss
To the Beau Monde group of RWA,
without whose historical expertise and
graciousness in sharing it, this book could
not have been written.
London—late April, 1831
‘So your half-brother is getting married.’
At his best friend’s comment, Giles Hadley, ostensible Viscount Lyndlington and Member of Parliament for Danford, looked up from the reports he was studying in the small private room of the Quill and Gavel, a public house near the Houses of Parliament. ‘George?’ Giles asked, not sure he’d heard correctly.
David Tanner Smith, Member from the Borough of Hazelwick, gave Giles a patient smile. ‘Yes, George. Have you another half-brother?’
Stifling his first sharp reply—that he didn’t care who or whether his irritating half-brother married—he said instead, ‘What makes you think George is getting leg-shackled?’
‘It all but says so in the Morning Post. “Lady M., daughter of the Marquess of W.,” David read, “has been seen frequently of late in the company of the Earl of T.’s younger son, the Honourable G.H. The lady has wealth and impeccable connections, the gentleman aspirations to high office, even if he is not to inherit. Might this be a match made in political heaven?”’
‘Lady Margaret, daughter of the Marquess of Witlow—if