The Desire of a Duchess by Kathleen Ayers EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Kathleen Ayers
- Language: English
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- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Victorian Historical Romance
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: March 30, 2023
Ellis Aperton, Earl of Blythe, rode across the expanse of meadow,
lifting his face to the morning sun. A misty haze hung over the stretch
of trees to his left, hiding the thickly forested area from view. Part of
Ellis wished he could escape into that forest and not come back out. Perhaps
find a tiny woodcutter’s cottage and spend his days in peace with no mother
constantly haranguing him on duty and responsibility. He could attempt to
write poetry and recite it to the trees and surrounding animals with no harsh
critics to rebuke him.
A sigh left him. While he adored poetry, his writing of verse was utter
rubbish.
Very well. He would take out the knife his father gave him and create a
host of delicately carved trinkets. Possibly a squirrel that didn’t look like a
frog. Or a flower that didn’t resemble a horse dropping.
Fine. Wood carving was not exactly his forte either. Unfortunately, Ellis
was equally terrible at sculpting in marble.
Two years in Rome he’d tried, every moment fraught with frustration,
though it had at least given him a reason to avoid London. Then he’d
attempted poetry, something he dearly loved. He’d loitered around the Piazza
di Spagna hoping the ghost of Keats, who’d lived and died in the area, might
inspire him to produce the sort of words that touched hearts and souls.
No such luck.
After his return to London, a little over a month ago, Ellis had decided to
merely carve animals and figures for his own pleasure and to amuse his
sisters, all of whom had made a game out of trying to guess what it was Ellis
had carved.
Yes, he was that terrible.
They’d done the same with the previous earl, their father. Ellis’s lack of
artistic talent was clearly inherited. Alas, while Ellis adored sculpture, art,
poetry, and music—another of his failings—he lacked the necessary skill for
such pursuits.
He was quite good with a pistol, a crack shot in fact, which was a good
talent to have if he ever chose to do something romantic, like fight a duel.
No one dueled anymore.
He was decent with his fists, less so with a sword. Not like his friend
Haven who was adept at anything remotely piratical.
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