After Forever, A Whisper of Scandal Novel by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance historical, nobility, aristocrats, witty romance, regency era romance, regency england 1800s, witty banter, chance for love, regency era historical romance, witty historical romance

Early the next morning Nash cursed as he yanked loose the cravat he’d just finished tying. He leaned closer to the looking glass in his bedchamber while beads of sweat dampened his brow.

“Bloody hell,” he muttered again. His fingers were too clumsy to tie a perfect cravat. Normally, he wouldn’t bother with the damned contraption out here in the country and privacy of his home, but today was not a normal day. Julianna would be here in less than ten minutes to begin their lessons, and Nash wanted to look the part of a gentleman for her.

After that kiss yesterday, he knew exactly what he wanted, and it was Julianna as his wife. She’d shown she was an excellent mother, and the desire between them was like nothing he’d ever experienced. Until he’d kissed Julianna, he’d been so confident in his plan to become a proper gentleman to attract a suitable lady to be Maggie’s mother. He’d known his greatest asset was his money, and he’d concluded that the money, once he acquired the right manners, would bring him a well-bred, likely boring wife, that would do her duty to him and introduce Maggie to Society.

But when Julianna’s lips had touched his and her moan had caressed his ear, her hands clutching at his shoulders, he knew he had underestimated what he really wanted. Yes, he still desired a suitable wife, but it would be so much better to marry an appropriate wife with whom he shared passion. He hadn’t thought he really cared, but Julianna had made him realize he did―a great deal.

He wanted to desire his wife and have a wife who felt the same way for him, and with Julianna, need simmered between them whether she was prepared to admit it or not. Julianna had also stirred a longing in him to be wanted for more than his money―to be yearned for because of who he was and the feelings he elicited in a woman. Desire and convenience would make a much more solid and entertaining basis for a marriage than what he had previously planned.

Now all he had to do was make Julianna long for him so much that she wanted to marry him.

Satisfied with his conclusion, if not his lopsided cravat, he turned on his heel and strode out of the bedchamber and down the stairs. As he entered the foyer, Reed was leading Julianna through the front door. Nash’s breath snagged in his chest at the picture she presented.

A simple chignon would make many women look dowdy but not Julianna. Her upswept hair exposed her long slender neck and her creamy skin beckoned like a siren song. A few coppery tendrils of her silky hair curled against her neck and made him long to wrap the glistening strands around his finger and tug her near. The white muslin gown she wore dipped low on her breasts, just enough for him to imagine slipping a finger underneath the material and tugging it low to caress her and lavish kisses on her milky skin and rosy nipples.

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