Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey

Author:Johanna Lindsey [Lindsey, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: dpgroup
ISBN: 9781451633276
Google: 4avlYBCJg1oC
Amazon: 1451633270
Publisher: www.dpgroup/forum/
Published: 2012-06-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

AMANDA COULDN’T BELIEVE HE did that! For the second time, Devin had said something in front of one of her chaperones that was going to get her reprimanded.

It would have been nice if Alice had nodded off while waiting for her because then she wouldn’t have heard Devin’s scandalous remark, but no such luck. The maid was staring at her now with eyes as wide as saucers.

Amanda tried to escape this lecture by saying, “He was just joking.”

“Joking? When there’s evidence on your chin and lips that says otherwise? You better hope that abrasion fades from your face before we get home, or I won’t be the only one telling you that you stepped so far over the line it’s a wonder you ain’t still tumbling down the hill!”

Amanda winced. She didn’t want to discuss that kiss when merely thinking about it stirred her pulse again. So she explained about the fall, assured Alice she didn’t break anything, but then lied, “His face must have scraped against mine when he carried me back to the stable.”

Amanda wasn’t worried about the evidence of the kissing lesson Devin had given her until Alice mentioned it, but since they weren’t going directly home and still had to stop back on Bond Street to collect the St. John coach, she decided to go to the seamstress shop again and order a couple of those special riding skirts Devin had told her about so she could ride astride. By the time she and Alice were riding home in the St. John coach, enough time had passed for that slight redness from Devin’s rough face rubbing against hers to fade. And a good thing. Her father was there at Julie’s house waiting for her.

Julie, Preston, and Rebecca were in the dining room for luncheon. Amanda called out her greetings as she joined them, then hugged her father’s neck from behind before she took the seat next to him.

“I understand you’re leaving us today,” Julie said right off. “I’ll have your trunks sent over to Rafe’s house this afternoon.”

Amanda grinned. “So Father told you that he’s going to be in town for the duration?”

“Yes, that news nearly knocked me on my arse,” Julie said in exaggeration.

Preston chuckled at his sister. “I don’t know why you think I’m a bloody recluse. Just because I love Norford Hall and prefer my comforts there doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the festivities in London for a Season—for a good cause. And my daughter is an exceptionally good cause.”

“’Course she is.”

But he turned to Amanda to say, “But as it happens, Phelia wants to drag us all back home for Rafe’s birthday.”

“But we always celebrate birthdays there,” Amanda reminded him.

He nodded. “I know, but she’s making plans for a grand party, an actual weeklong affair that warrants a long guest list, apparently, so she’d like your help with that.”

Amanda squealed with delight. “She’s throwing a country party? You actually agreed?”

“Yes, because it’s for a dual purpose. She’s going to be inviting

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