Lost Fortunes, Found Love: A Regency Romance Boxset by Pearson Rose

Author:Pearson, Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Landon Hill Media
Published: 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter One

James buried his head in his hands. What was he doing here? He could not remember anything about the previous night. His head ached and he squeezed his eyes shut, trying to push the pain away. How was it that he could not even recall where he was?

And where are my clothes?

Opening his eyes again, he looked around the room, but it was mostly dark, and he could not see anything that belonged to him. His signet ring was gone, his watch also absent. Where precisely was he? And why were his things gone? He was not the sort of gentleman who often engaged in behaviors that might lead to a situation like this, and therefore to awaken and find himself without clothes, and without knowledge of where he was, or why he was here, was most disconcerting. The pain in his head did not make the situation easier either. He could barely begin one thought before it would grow so steadily that it would push all sense from his head. He simply could not think clearly.

“Ah, you have awakened.”

James looked up, but there was nothing for him to see. The room was just as dark as it had been before, and whoever it was that had entered, he could not see their face, but only a mere shadow moving towards him.

“Who are you?” His gruff voice huffed out the words. “Where am I?”

“You mean to say that you do not remember?”

The voice was soft, telling James that he was in the company of a woman. Heat burned in his face as he yanked the sheet from the bed around himself. This should not be! He had never darkened the door of a brothel before. He would certainly not have done so last evening, whether or not he had been in his cups - for he had drunk more than his fair share of brandies on previous occasions and had never once thought to take a wench into his arms. It went against everything he had vowed on the day he had claimed the title, and James was quite certain he would not have done such a thing now.

“Where are my things?”

A hand clasped his shoulder and James jumped, startled. The lady’s hand was cold, her fingernails a little sharp as they pressed into his shoulder.

“You gave me your things, my Lord.”

“That is nonsense.” Gripping her wrist suddenly with his other hand, he shifted a little more, twisting himself around, refusing to stand up, but still able to show her the strength of his arm. “I know you are not telling the truth. I would never have come to a place like this.”

“And yet, you did,” came the soft response.

James opened his mouth to argue, but then closed it again, refusing to say anything about his vow and his father, for arguing with her about his presence here was quite foolish. There was no purpose in doing so, and certainly, nothing to be gained.

“Where are my things?” Speaking a little more brusquely, he squeezed his hand around her fingers.

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