Boudreaux’s Lady by Lauren Smith

Author:Lauren Smith [Smith, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-10T21:00:00+00:00

THOMAS WINTHROP, the Duke of St. Albans, held his breath as he watched Beau and the maid twirl in a waltz. It was abundantly clear they were in love with each other, yet it was equally clear that neither of them could admit that fact. The maid was far too innocent and the gentleman far too jaded. Yet love had blossomed this night, taking root with every perfect spin as the couple danced.

“You are done for, my boy. And it’s about time.” Thomas’s heart soared at the thought that he finally had a way to see his boy married and happily in love.

Philippa stood alone now, her face a mask of pleasantness as Beau abandoned her to fetch punch. Such a silly thing to do. It would leave the girl open for other men less frightened of love. Yet not one man came. They had all seen what he had. The seasoned rake, Beauregard Boudreaux, had fallen in love and no one would dare stand in his way.

The maid began to play with a loose curl of her hair, twining it over and over around her finger, spooling the lustrous dark hair tight. Then she released it. Thomas’s heart stopped. Albina used to do that when she was nervous. He had never seen another woman do it quite the same way, but the maid had.

“Papa… Be happy for me.” His child’s words drifted back to him across two decades as she begged him to forgive her for running away to Gretna Green.

How was this woman before him now such a ghost of his lost daughter? Albina couldn’t have had another child, could she?

Thomas remembered Albina, six months pregnant, explaining how she hired a midwife. What was her name? Lucy? Yes, that was it. Lucy was to be present for the birth. If there were any truths to be revealed, Lucy would have the answers. Thomas didn’t wait another minute, he left Philippa and Beau in the safety of their friends’ ballroom as he rushed out into the night. He would not rest until he knew the truth about the night Albina died.

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