Isabel and the Rogue by Liana De la Rosa EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Liana De la Rosa
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London, late May 1865
For the entirety of her life, Isabel Luna felt invisible. Overlooked.
Uninteresting and uninspiring. Every time a pair of eyes skipped over her to
focus instead on her charming and beautiful sisters, she experienced a sharp
jab to the heart.
But now she considered that invisibility an asset to be exploited.
Isabel pondered this change in perspective as she stood at the perimeter
of the ballroom, watching as her younger sister was swept onto the dance
floor for a minuet. Gabriela—or Gabby as she was known to family and
friends—had a serene smile on her face, looking to all in attendance as if
she couldn’t be happier to partner with Lord Jeremy Townsend, the second
son of a marquess. But Gabby’s smile was tight and more than a little
brittle. Her younger sister rarely suffered fools, but her good manners often
dictated that Gabby do just that.
Not for the first time, Isabel wondered if the attention, the adulation, her
sister received was worth being treated as a commodity by all who admired
her pretty face. Oh, Isabel knew Gabby would say no—accompanied by a
curse word—and she couldn’t blame her. Still, perhaps it would be nice to
be admired, to have her company sought after…but then being the center of
attention had always made Isabel uncomfortable. She had experienced that
overwhelming feeling only one time since she had arrived in London, when
a mean-spirited young woman had attempted to embarrass her at a poetry
reading, but thankfully Gabby had rescued her. Isabel hoped, rather
earnestly, that the ton would never have cause to look upon her again.
For however would she accomplish her covert task if they did?
Noting Lady Yardley, her guardian, stood chatting with a group of ladies
and was not looking in her direction, Isabel placed her glass on the tray of a
passing footman and blended into the milling crowd. Several people dipped
their heads in greeting to her, but no one interrupted her walk. Once it
would have disappointed her that no one wished to converse with her, but
now her palms tingled and her heart raced. She didn’t possess the time or
interest to engage in mundane talk about uninteresting topics simply for the
sake of being polite. Not when there was so much more to do…
Swallowing her nerves, Isabel stepped into the corridor that led to the
ladies’ retiring room. She encountered no one on her short walk, which
allowed her to linger outside a door at the end of the hall. After ensuring she
was alone, Isabel laid her cheek against the cool wood, closing her eyes as
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