Captain's Lady by Jamaila Brinkley

Author:Jamaila Brinkley [Brinkley, Jamaila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682914786
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

“Very good, sir.” Stevens bowed himself out.

Jack patted the Duchess’ note. “Later, ma’am,” he said. “Duty, you understand.”

~ ~ ~

The man waiting for them in the parlor was not at all what Jack expected. “That is your grandfather’s steward?” he hissed. She’d filled him in on her strategy on the way down the stairs, and he had been expecting somebody far more . . . earthy, he supposed. And old. Definitely old.

“Technically, my cousin’s,” Kate murmured. “Not for long, though.” She sailed past him into the room and greeted the man who rose at her entrance with a fond kiss on the cheek. The handsome, young cheek, Jack noted with something that felt alarmingly like jealousy.

Well, perhaps not that young. As he came closer, he realized the man was closer to his own age, perhaps even a little older. But his face retained an absurdly youthful beauty, smooth and unlined except around his eyes, which were serious as they met Jack’s. The steward was a tall man, elegantly built. He’d clad his long legs and broad torso in simple, well-tailored clothes. Jack suspected they’d been carefully chosen to present a specific sort of appearance—gentleman, but not nobility. Interesting.

“Hello, my lord. It’s good to meet you.” The man ducked his head dutifully, his ash-blond hair flopping over his eyes.

To Jack’s trained eye, the servant-style nod was learned, not ingrained. This was a man who had been born to a higher station than he bore, Jack thought.

“This is Brand Waters.” Kate’s gentle voice interrupted his theories. “The Earl of Ashewell’s steward for the last twenty years.”

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