Once Upon a Wager (2014)
“Its front entrance, centered beneath a large Venetian window and balcony, was flanked by high Romanesque marble columns, and the entire property was set in an elaborate garden, protected from the street by tall iron gates. So many carriages clogged the road leading to the mansion that it took more than an hour just to move around Manchester Square.
The annual Hertford ball was the biggest fete of the Season, and Isabella Seymour-Conway, the marchioness, was one of society’s most influential hos...tesses. According to Aunt Sophia, she was also an especially close friend of the prince regent—the kissing kind—which explained why she’d just returned from an extended stay in rural Ireland. Supposedly, it was a common punishment for wives who courted scandal.
Annabelle could not judge her. She’d learned that passion could seduce you, hold you in its sway, and make you do shocking things. When she thought of the intimacies she’d shared with Alec and of her own uninhibited responses, her entire body flushed with warmth.MoreLess
The annual Hertford ball was the biggest fete of the Season, and Isabella Seymour-Conway, the marchioness, was one of society’s most influential hos...tesses. According to Aunt Sophia, she was also an especially close friend of the prince regent—the kissing kind—which explained why she’d just returned from an extended stay in rural Ireland. Supposedly, it was a common punishment for wives who courted scandal.
Annabelle could not judge her. She’d learned that passion could seduce you, hold you in its sway, and make you do shocking things. When she thought of the intimacies she’d shared with Alec and of her own uninhibited responses, her entire body flushed with warmth.MoreLess
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