An Improper Situation (Sanborn-Malloy Historical Romance Series, Book One) - Plot & Excerpts
With a small cry, she jumped out of bed and was nearly at her door when she heard a familiar voice. “Shh, Charlotte,” Reed hushed her, slipping into her room, leaving the door slightly ajar to the moonlit night. The gentle breeze from the garden carried with it the scent of roses, mingled with the aroma of sandalwood. She leaned against the door to the hallway, her heart still pounding from the jolt of fear. “By the horn spoons! If my aunt were to catch you,” she whispered, and trailed off, thinking of the terrible and irrevocable consequences. “She won’t,” he whispered back, approaching her calmly as if they were meeting for tea in broad daylight. Had he completely lost his faculties? She thought of the last place she’d seen him, at the lounge with an attractive woman, and of the things a man might do when buoyed up with a little liquor . . . or maybe a lot. “Do you have a brick in your hat?”
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