A Timeless Romance Anthology: European Collection
“Lucy stood in the doorway of Reed’s bedchamber, looking with dismay on her husband in his shirtsleeves, his cravat tossed aside, and his feet shoeless. “You cannot go out dressed the way you are.”Though none of her new, fashionable gowns had arrived from the modiste, she had chosen the most modish of her older gowns to wear that night. Her abigail had threaded ribbons through her hair and quite artfully tucked tiny white flowers throughout. And Lucy had chosen to wear the amber necklace Reed had given her at Christmas. She’d taken great pains in her preparations, and there Reed sat in his shirtsleeves.He kept his gaze on the paper held unfolded in front of him. “I mean to stay in tonight.”Lucy stepped inside. Surely Reed was teasing. He’d required prodding each evening since their arrival in London, but tonight was different. They were scheduled to attend the Parvells’ ball, the event at which they had first been introduced the year before. On that night a year earlier, she’d arrived ...nervous and unsettled, so afraid of spending the evening as a wallflower.MoreLess
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