Loren Wilson P.O. Box 1315 Brea, California 978-1-936505-13-5 Copyright 1989, 2011, 2012 by Jackie Hyman Lightly reedited for this edition Philippine copyright 1989. Australian copyright 1989. First Edition published 1989 by Harlequin Books All rights reserved Chapter One Miss Margaret Linley was variously known as high in the instep, a dull piece of business, and a great gawk. None of these terms was meant to be flattering, despite her passingly fair figure, soft brown hair, and large blue eyes. For if she was not slighting a gentleman altogether by her inability to see him properly, she was tripping over his boots or ignoring his conversation in her attempts to avoid collisions. On this particular night the young lady, in her second season and garbed in cherry-red silk, stood holding a glass of lemonade in her gloved hand and trying not to squint. The month was May, the evening was Wednesday, and the place, as any of London’s elite could not have failed to discern, was the fashionable if plain assembly rooms known as Almack’s, in King Street.
