Beauty and the Duke by Melody Thomas

Author:Melody Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Published: 2009-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

While Erik’s time was taken up the next few days with business, Christine had plenty to keep her occupied as she worked to settle into her life at Sedgwick. But by the time she’d pulled up her sleeves and finished digging books out of her trunks, and her gown looked more brown than cheerful yellow any longer, she realized she disliked this dour room Aunt Sophie had aptly called a crypt.

Erik’s retainers had put her trunks in the guardroom, and, though she didn’t mind being surrounded by medieval weaponry, she wanted some place that was her own. Some place she could turn into her own personal space.

Working her hair back into a chignon, she’d set out to find the housekeeper, when a glance out the window stopped her. Her gaze landed on the old tower keep. Standing five stories in height, the keep belonged to the oldest part of the castle. Four turrets crowned the battlements. Windows overlooked the countryside in all directions. Her hands gripped the windowsill. With her heart racing like a child having just discovered her first cave drawing, she knew exactly where she would settle.

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