The Duke’s Match (THE SPINSTERS CLUB #5) by Tiffany Baton EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Tiffany Baton
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“One day, you will have to tell me where you find the funds for your
infamous parties,” Anna said, laughing as she sipped her lukewarm
tea.
She and the Countess of Grayling had gotten so lost in their conversation,
that she had quite forgotten to drink the tea before it cooled. A common
problem when she met with the countess for one of their fortnightly
afternoons. A woman of many names—the Countess of Grayling, the
Sorceress, the Silver Widow, the Cunning Countess—but Anna knew her
simply as Beatrice: friend, mentor, and fount of all society knowledge.
Beatrice chuckled and tapped the side of her nose. “I could not possibly. I
trust the vault of your loyalty entirely, dearest Anna, but once a secret is
shared it is no longer a secret. It amuses me to keep people guessing.” She
hesitated, flashing one of her delightfully wicked grins. “But I shall tell you
this—it is a far duller secret than anyone suspects.”
“I shall not relent until I find out.” Anna smiled, taking a bite of a lemon
cake. “But speaking of dull, did you see that dear Lady Emily has found a
husband at last?”
Beatrice gasped, scandalized. “I am surprised at you, Anna, calling a poor
soul like Lady Emily ‘dull.’ It is most unbecoming.”
“No, no, that is not what I meant!” Anna’s hand flew to her chest, a ripple
of horror running through her. “I meant, because you find talk of marriage
and engagements so dull. Goodness, I would never call a fellow woman
something so unkind!”
Beatrice smiled and reached over to pat Anna on the arm. “I was only
teasing, dear friend. That was unkind of me.”
“I doubt I shall ever grow accustomed to your sense of humor.” Anna
relaxed, her heart returning to a more ordinary beat.
She would have insulted herself before she insulted another woman,
especially one who had, until recently, been in her position of spinsterhood.
Indeed, she knew better than anyone what it was like to be a wallflower of
society. Worse, an unmarriageable. At six-and-twenty, she was well beyond
the age of being anyone’s first choice, and as the years had gone on, she had
come to confirm what she had long suspected—that she would never be
anyone’s choice, first or last, or anything in-between.
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