He had not bothered making polite conversation since the afternoon before. Their evening meal had passed in almost complete silence, and she had breakfasted alone. But he had kept his word and stayed away from her room, and for that she was grateful. She glanced at him aga...
People didn’t just waltz up a garden path and demand to marry someone they’d never met before—especially dukes’ sons who surely had better things to do than playing at proposing to orphan girls with absolutely no prospects. Even she knew that much. Meggie, my love … please...
Allah, she prayed fervently, help me. Please help me. Her heart pounded so painfully hard that it felt as if it might explode. But she willed it to slow, willed herself to remember everything she had worked so hard to learn for just this moment. “Did I tell you I met him w...
His so-dependable father had sold their own. “Bloody idiot,” Aiden said with disgust, cupping his hands behind his head. He hadn’t been so tired in a long time, but he felt a great deal better than he had a month before. Serafina’s money had seen to...