Never a Duchess by Adele Clee EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Adele Clee
- Language: English
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- Genre: Historical Regency Fiction
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- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
Lord and Lady Kinver’s Wedding Ball
New Cavendish Street, London
Like the calm before the storm, the first slow strains of a waltz breezed
through the candlelit ballroom. It was Lillian Ware’s cue to leave before the
man who haunted her dreams came to claim his dance.
A lady dared not refuse the enigmatic Duke of Dounreay. The handsome
Scotsman had pushed other suitors aside, snatched Lillian’s dance card and
scribbled his name boldly next to both waltzes. Though an hour had passed,
she kept revisiting their conversation.
“Will ye disappoint me, Miss Ware?” His soft Scottish burr had stirred
her senses. His sinful smile had sent her heart fluttering to her throat. “Will
ye make me watch another man take ye in his arms tonight?”
Heat warmed her cheeks, but she had given her usual dispassionate reply.
“Please forgive me if I fail to keep our appointment. As you know, I’m quite
forgetful, Your Grace.”
His dark eyes challenged her to defy him, as she had done so many times
of late. Thank heavens he only spent three months of the year in London.
Thank heavens he was to return to the rugged wilds of Scotland within days.
“Why do ye avoid dancing with me?”
Because whenever he pressed his hot hand to her back, a strange
sensation flooded her body. When Dounreay twirled her about the floor, she
lost herself in his warm gaze and wicked grin, and she had sworn never to
become any man’s property.
“Perhaps because you have two left feet, Your Grace.” She loved teasing
him, enjoyed convincing herself he had flaws. “Why do you not seek another
partner? Many ladies crave your attention.”
Every woman wanted him.
She pictured him pulling Miss Pilkington against his hard chest, the
sudden stab of jealousy stealing the air from her lungs. Oh, the man was a
dreadful distraction. A menace to a lady’s sanity.
Dounreay had stepped closer, his exotic cologne flooding her senses.
“Because when we dance, Miss Ware, I forget about my deformities.”
And therein lay the problem.
How did a lady distinguish falsehoods from the truth?
How did she avoid being duped by a rogue?
Many women believed in love only to find themselves ruined and—
Mina nudged Lillian’s arm, dragging her from her reverie. “Ah, it’s time
for the waltz. I see the duke is heading this way.”
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