A Reckless Beauty
“But although the rain had been considerable for a time, the Channel remained relatively calm, allowing the steward to use the stove in the galley, presenting Valentine and Fanny with a simple but delicious meal of roasted quail and small, browned potatoes, turnips and carrots in a fine sauce.
Fanny ate as if she’d been starved for a week, and Valentine delighted in this return of her appetite. He sat back in his chair, his glass of wine aloft, and admired the way she daintily yet efficiently laid waste to the meal. She had changed into the gown she’d worn the night of Lady Richmond’s ball, and the candlelight glowed almost golden against the creamy skin of her chest and arms, that same flattering light turning her hair nearly silver.
Had she any idea how unusual she was, how very beautiful she was? That wide, lush mouth. Those devastating tip-tilted green eyes? Her tall, slim, body; yet rounded in all the right places. She’d believed it possible to pass as a soldier?
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