Her Highness, My Wife by Victoria Alexander

Author:Victoria Alexander [Alexander, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9780739427903
Google: utCky7eFLa0C
Amazon: 0060001445
Barnesnoble: 0060001445
Goodreads: 37074
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2002-07-29T12:00:00+00:00

… and, in truth, Ephraim, I am as befuddled by her as much now as ever.

I must confess, she makes me smile and I have laughed more in recent days than I had thought possible. While I am not happy with the deception she has woven around us, nor do I as yet trust her intentions toward my family or her true purpose, I have found myself beginning to believe in the woman herself.

It is an exceedingly odd admission, given both our pasts and our current circumstances, yet when I look into her eyes, I see a depth of affection and, indeed, a truth, that I am hard-pressed to disregard. It catches at my breath and melts my resolve and I forget my own intentions.

I began this adventure of hers determined to remain in command of my emotions, of my heart, as it were. I swore to myself that my agreement to accompany her was for the prime purpose of the protection of my family and only incidentally to resolve what was still unsettled between us. I can now admit, to you and perhaps to myself, there was an element of retribution as well. Do not think poorly of me at this confession, old friend. I have still retained that sense of honor you find so inconvenient. I did not plan to wound her as she had injured me; however, I fully intended not to especially care when next we parted. To be unconcerned and aloof when we bid one another farewell, as surely we must. She is a princess and I am the disinherited youngest son of an English marquess, as unsure of his future as he is of his own dreams.

Knowing this, I would be a fool to fall under her spell again, yet I cannot seem to prevent it. It is as inevitable as my next breath and the beat of my heart.

She loves me, Ephraim, I am certain of it. As certain as I am that I feel the same. It is the nature of such emotion to be optimistic and so, no matter how foolish, for now I live only in the moment. And in her laugh and her smile.

I know not how this farce of ours will play out. I have no clue as to the true purpose of her quest, nor what will happen should she succeed. Or, perhaps, should she fail.

Fate has thrust us together once again, but to what end?

Somewhere in the far distance, where the gods that rule such things reside, I hear the faint sound of laughter…

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