A Kiss to Remember by Teresa Medeiros

Author:Teresa Medeiros [Medeiros, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Historical Romance, Erotic, SciFi/Fantasy, Adult
ISBN: 9780553581850
Google: aFOVtKPo_NQC
Amazon: 0553581856
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Goodreads: 35368
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The carriage rocked through the fog-shrouded London streets, its coachman swathed in a woolen muffler and tall black hat. Although the vehicle's passage was marked by curious stares from the drunken stragglers and bleary-eyed women who littered the narrow alleyways, its burgundy curtains were drawn and its imposing doors bore no coat of arms to identify its occupants.

If Diana were to be discovered racing through the night in a closed carriage with the notorious marquess of Gillingham as her only companion, it would do irreparable damage to her staid reputation. She took a rather perverse pleasure in the thought, imagining the pitying looks of the gossipmongers turning to scandalized shock. Let them whisper behind their fans about her for a change!

Smoothing her hair, she stole a resentful look at the man sprawled on the plush velvet squabs opposite her. Despite his indolent posture, he was, as always, impeccably groomed, betraying no sign that he had been dragged from his cozy home in the middle of the night just as she had. The rich fragrance of his bay rum cologne scented the air, making her feel slightly intoxicated.

"You gave my servants quite a fright pounding on the door that way," she said. "I only hope your discovery was worth rousing me from my bed."

Thane crossed his long legs at the ankle. Although the spacious footwell put him in no danger of touching her, Diana tucked her own feet beneath her skirts. "You have my most profound apologies for disturbing your rest, my lady," he drawled. "When I received word from this detective you had hired, I was also in bed, but not yet asleep."

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" she murmured, keeping her expression carefully bland.

Thane's green eyes narrowed. "I was also alone."

Diana felt herself blush. Averting her eyes from his face, she tugged on her gloves and fastened the satin frog at the throat of her pelisse. "Do you think this Watkins fellow has a genuine lead this time?"

"I hope to God so. If not, we're left with the only other conclusion we've been able to reach in the past fortnight—that your cousin simply vanished into thin air, taking his horse with him."

The carriage made a sharp turn, throwing them both into silence. Diana eased aside the curtain. They were passing a row of abandoned warehouses, each more dilapidated than the last. The carriage finally drew up in front of a forbidding structure with shattered windows that gazed out upon the night like soulless eyes.

The coachman climbed down from his perch and threw open the carriage door. Diana quickly deduced that they couldn't be far from the wharfs. The dank stench of rotting fish was nearly overpowering.

"Wait here for us," Thane commanded the coachman as they climbed down from the carriage.

"Are you sure that's wise, sir?" the man asked, giving the deserted street a nervous glance.

"No, not at all," Thane replied. "But those were the instructions I was given."

As the shadows cast by the hulking ruin swallowed them, Diana shrank against Thane without realizing it, not even thinking to protest when his gloved hand claimed her elbow.

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