WHEN A GOVERNESS DESIRES A DUKE BY EMILY HONEYFIELD EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Blackthorne House, St Ives, Cornwall
Sebastian Blackthorne, Duke of Cornwall, sipped his brandy as he stared
into the hearth. The fire crackled and burned, sending a warm orange light
across the library, the scent of burning wood mixed with that of old books
filling his nostrils.
This was his favourite room in the entire house, for it had once been his
darling wife’s favourite place. He would often find her in this very leather
chair, her small legs curled beneath her, her thick black hair over one
shoulder, and a book in her lap.
Now, he took her seat, convinced he could still feel her warmth there. And
in the matching chair opposite him sat his friend and confidante, Henry
Gaston.
“Good Lord,” Henry said, rolling his eyes at his friend. “I wouldn’t have
visited if I’d have realized you were still being so maudlin.”
Sebastian turned his surprised eyes on him. “How else would you expect
me to be after the loss of my wife?”
Henry sighed. “Listen, I don’t mean to be insensitive, but honestly,
Blackthorne. It’s been over two years since she passed. The time has come
to—”
“Don’t you dare tell me to move on,” Sebastian said, holding his brandy
glass in the air and using it to point at his friend. “You know how much
those words irritate me.”
Though even as he said it, he imagined the soft hands of a woman on his
body again. His heart cried out for his wife, but he suspected any woman
would be able to satisfy his body’s yearning for touch and intimacy.
“That may be so,” Henry said, “but it’s different now. You can’t continue
life like this, and you know it. It’s not healthy for you, and it’s not healthy
for that little girl of yours.”
Sebastian sighed and returned his gaze to the fire. Henry was right, of
course, but that didn’t help matters. Sebastian didn’t think it possible to
move on, as he’d so often been told to do. He missed his darling Elizabeth
with every ounce of his being and didn’t know how to live without her.
At nine-and-twenty years, Sebastian felt entirely lost. He hadn’t expected
things to go so wrong so soon in his life, but he could at least cherish the
few short years he did share with Elizabeth. Now, there was nothing left to
look forward to.
“You’re a handsome man,” Henry continued, “and you have a number of
desirable qualities—”
“Be careful,” Sebastian muttered, though with a tease in his voice. “If
anyone overhears you, they might accuse you of being a molly.”
Henry snorted in delight. “With my track record? I don’t think there’s a
single woman left in England who hasn’t experienced the Gaston charm.
But I’m serious. I hear the ladies like hair the colour of ravens and stormy
eyes.”
Sebastian laughed. “And I’d wager you’ve been reading novels in secret,
too.”
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