Bees in the Butterfly Garden (The Gilded Legacy) by Lang Maureen

Author:Lang, Maureen [Lang, Maureen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical
ISBN: 9781414373904
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2012-06-21T21:00:00+00:00

Ian stepped outside the parkland shadows, letting go of Roscoe’s collar. The dog had been remarkably cooperative, as if he’d sensed his master’s need for cover. But now he romped free while never straying far, running forward, then back to Ian, encircling him as if his own sheer happiness could envelop Ian.

Ian had first spotted Meg when she was alone and had been immediately pleased she’d found a way to visit the park by herself. She was as resourceful as she claimed. Ian would have no trouble speaking to her. But no sooner had he quickened his pace toward her than the other gentleman had arrived. One Ian soon recognized as Nelson Pemberton.

Meg looked as though she’d been expecting him, the way she’d accepted his grasp of her hands.

Ian should be neither surprised nor dismayed over the apparently unlimited male attention Meg was receiving here in New York. What else had he expected? Place her in society—the very society for which she’d been groomed—and she not only fit, she attracted just the sort of man her father always planned for her to marry.

He should want her to have a choice, but why did she have to be so friendly with Nelson Pemberton, of all people? It hadn’t taken the newspapers long to report the names of those lawyers and politicians who’d saved the bank so much money.

Ian put a hand on either side of Roscoe’s massive head and scratched behind the dog’s ears. Despite the dog’s eagerness to please, solace wasn’t to be found.

There was something else that irritated him about Nelson Pemberton. Everyone knew the philanthropy of the Pemberton family stemmed from an outspoken faith, one that Nelson was especially fond of making known in any public interview. It was that which pricked at Ian now, since it was the same faith his father had lived. Meg’s desperation to please her own father—or prove him wrong—had unveiled a hole so massive in Ian that he could scarcely believe he’d lived with it so long without notice.

Ian walked the path again, in the direction he’d first come. He would manage seeing her somehow, even if it meant waiting in the park for her every day of the week. It wasn’t his fault if she wanted to work with him. Pemberton pockets were deep, so dipping into them was a prospect he need not resist.

Between the ghosts haunting Ian and his fears for Meg’s welfare, he might have been surprised the Pemberton gold still had the power to dazzle him.

But dazzle it did.

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