In Want of a Viscount by Lorraine Heath EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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London
July 1875
John Castleton, Viscount Wyeth, more commonly known among his
intimates as Rook, pulled the brim of his beaver hat down lower to shade
his face as the sentinel standing watch outside the Elysium, a private club
for ladies, shoved open the heavy door and allowed him to enter the foyer
without any bother. A few years earlier, the club had been a secret, its
existence whispered about as one did the existence of elves and fairies—
with a great deal of skepticism.
But secrets had a tendency to eventually come into the light. Most
certainly his father’s had. As a result, he knew a great deal more about the
club than most of the men of his acquaintance. He’d been given a private
tour of the establishment. After all, his brother—one of his sire’s bastards—
owned it.
Seeing no ladies wandering about in the entryway, he relaxed somewhat
and removed his hat. While the club itself was no longer clandestine, the
identity of its members was protected, and he hadn’t wanted to recognize
anyone he might know or cause any lady of his acquaintance
embarrassment. What went on within these walls was considered wicked
and could ruin a good woman’s reputation if it became known that she
frequented this domain of sin, debauchery, and the forbidden.
Obviously recognizing him from other visits he’d made recently, the
young female standing behind a counter gave a small bob of a curtsy. “My
lord.”
“I need to have a word with Mr. Trewlove. Where might I find him?” The
guard outside had confirmed that he was in this evening.
“He’s making the rounds. I’ll send someone to fetch him, shall I, if you’d
like to go on up?”
“That would be most appreciated. Thank you.”
A short distance from the counter, between the two walls encasing a
narrow set of stairs, dangled a red braided rope with a sign hanging from it
announcing, Private. Enter at your own risk. After slipping one end of the
barrier off its corresponding peg, Rook walked through and then secured the
flimsy barricade that he knew no one would dare violate. Aiden Trewlove
had a reputation for protecting everything he considered his. His dangerous
repute more than any bit of woven cord kept people from overstepping the
mark.
The stairs were dark but a light at the top served as a beacon. Most of
Rook’s childhood had been like climbing this stairwell, gloomy and
solitary, light and knowledge just beyond reach. While attending Eton, he’d
begun to hear about his father’s exploits, the Earl of Elverton’s ravenous
lust, his countless mistresses, and his numerous bastards, the latter two
groups spread far and wide over London, and beyond to the farthest corners
of England.
But the most vicious rumor of all, the most hurtful, the one he’d
furiously hated and bloodied several noses over—and had his own bloodied
a time or two—was that his mother—the present Countess of Elverton—
had been the naughtiest, most lascivious, and most favored paramour of his
father before he’d taken her to wife.
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