He needed shaking out of his perfect life, and I knew just the woman to do it.Įnter Dorothea Markham: a glass manufacturer’s daughter with fascinating, springy copper curls, a stubborn streak a mile wide, and a penchant for acting first and repenting-or not, as the case may be-later.
A man like him (and he has featured in other books of mine, apart from Cinderella and the Duke) would surely just need to snap his fingers to win any woman he chose? But then I thought a bit more about his life and I realized-he has always been Leo’s sidekick, always the second in command, and he is bored.
It is time for Lord Vernon Beauchamp-handsome, wealthy, darling of the ton and younger brother of Leo, Duke of Cheriton-to meet his match. Scandal and Miss Markham is the second of The Beauchamp Betrothals linked books, but it is a stand-alone story and it’s not essential to read Cinderella and the Duke first. She recognized it instinctively although she had never before experienced it. How would it feel to throw aside morals and caution and pride, and follow that craving? She lay motionless, still watching as Vernon hummed a tune she did not recognize under his breath, seemingly perfectly relaxed. Thea resisted the urge to move, to turn onto her back, to push aside the covers, to extend her arms and invite him to hold her.
A thrilling sense of anticipation swirled in her belly, then slowed, arrowing into the juncture of her thighs and provoking a strange restlessness. His breeches stretched tight, outlining taut buttocks-thrust temptingly in her direction-and long, lean thighs, and her mouth dried as her skin heated. Her hands itched to touch, to stroke, to discover if his skin was as smooth as it looked. The candlelight danced over unblemished skin, and she watched, fascinated by the play of muscles across his shoulders and back as he continued his ablutions. Vernon stood at the washstand, shirtless, his back to her as he bent over the bowl. And when they are thrown together on their scandalous adventure, friendship soon gives way to desire. Meeting Thea gives him a renewed purpose.
Lord Vernon Beauchamp feels his life lacks direction. Unsure she can trust the handsome peer, Thea dresses up as a boy and follows him! Then a mysterious lord turns up asking questions about Daniel and offers to find him. Glassmaker’s daughter Thea Markham is devastated when her brother Daniel goes missing.
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