My Fair Duchess (A Once Upon a Rogue Novel book 1)
“Muttering to herself, she crumpled the note he had left for her and tossed it on the stand by the entrance to the door. He could not have picked a weaker accomplishment for her to start with if he had tried. Why it was almost as if―“Philip!” Amelia screeched.Within a moment, her brother came strolling down the staircase and bowed to her. “You called?”“Did you tell the Duke of Aversley of my dancing abilities?”“He did not,” her mother said from the top of the stairs where she appeared blessedly dressed in a light-green and white striped carriage gown. Her hair was swept off her face in a lovely chignon, the emerald earrings Father had given her twinkled at her ears, and light rouge graced her cheeks. Yet even dressed in finery and having taken obvious efforts with her appearance, the dark circles under her eyes were evident, and as she drew nearer, the tight lines around her mouth were also hard to miss.Her mother stopped at the foot of the stairs and stared at Amelia.
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