I Spy a Duke by Erica Monroe

Author:Erica Monroe [Monroe, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 2940150930872
Publisher: Quillfire Publishing

The wedding breakfast had ended. The fifty or so odd people that had descended upon Abermont House to attend the ceremony had left to continue celebrating at the neighboring Haley estate. Ostensibly, Richard had agreed to host the house party to give the newlyweds some privacy, but really, he’d always been far better at entertaining.

Normally, James would have breathed an immense sigh of relief at the absence of his guests. Relocating the party meant there was less chance of one of the guests discovering his family’s covert activities, and he’d be able to read his newspaper and drink his morning coffee in peace, the two things he required to start his days off properly.

None of that mattered when compared with the fact that he was alone in the parlor with the woman who had become his wife. The woman he’d sworn to protect.

The woman he’d now whisk away to a safe house under the pretense of a wedding trip.

He ruffled a hand through his hair, resisting the urge to jump up from the settee. That morning, before the ceremony had started, he’d received a letter from Deacon Drake, who he’d left in charge of the organization’s headquarters. His agents had located Sauveterre—but they’d been too late to catch him. The villain was on the move again, possibly to Maidstone.

Which meant he had to get Vivian away from here as soon as possible.

Nixon, another agent with the Clocktower, prepared the coach and four. Arden had packed their tools the night before, and arranged for the necessary bags to be loaded while the rest of the house was distracted with the wedding. A trunk of knives, truncheons, flintlocks, and then Korianna’s addition: enough supplies for three small black powder bombs or one huge explosion. Northley had packed Vivian’s trunk with her old gowns. There was no point in ruining the finer dresses Elinor had ordered for her when they’d be out in the wilderness, far from prying eyes.

Or so he hoped.

The safe house in Guildford had never been compromised. Only twelve agents knew of its existence. For all the servants knew, they were heading toward the shores of Brighton to celebrate their new union.

So now all he had to do was wait. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. What did a man say to his wife? Surely, not that she was in even more danger than they’d originally thought. There was no point in worrying her, not when the plans were already underway.

He tried to think about how his father and mother had acted. Mama had died shortly after Louisa’s birth, so his memories were hazy at best, but he thought his parents had been amiable with each other. He remembered the Lion’s second wife, Thomas’s mother, better. Though the two never had a great love, Juliana and the duke had been partners. The best of friends, supportive of each other.

One look at Vivian and he wanted more than simple companionship, even if he knew he didn’t deserve it.

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