My Lady Thief by Emily Larkin

Author:Emily Larkin [Larkin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency
Publisher: Emily Larkin
Published: 2017-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

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BACK AT HIS town house in Berkeley Square, Adam laid the evidence on his desk: the note from Tom, and Arabella Knightley’s sketch of Grace.

I believe these belong to you, Tom had written. I found them in Lady Bicknell’s possession. And then he’d drawn a black cat at the bottom.

Adam examined the cat. It had been drawn with an unerring hand. Miss Knightley’s work, surely?

He turned his attention to the writing. The only word in common between Tom’s note and Miss Knightley’s label on the portrait was in. He grimaced. Not helpful.

But wasn’t the y the same? And the neat curves and loops of the ell in Bicknell and the ell in Arabella?

The longer he stared at the words—pencil and black ink—the more he was convinced. The handwriting was Miss Knightley’s, just as the cat was.

Adam pushed back his chair. He poured himself a glass of brandy and walked over to the window. What next? he asked himself as he swirled the brandy in the glass, warming it.

The answer was easy: the next time he saw Arabella Knightley he’d confront her with his evidence.

And then what? Dare he hope that Miss Knightley would confide in him? That she’d reveal Tom’s identity?

He strongly doubted it.

And just who was Tom?

Adam sipped the brandy slowly, staring out the window, not seeing anything. He’d thought Tom a gentleman; he knew now he was wrong. Miss Knightley had few friends among the ton. Tom had to be the large man who’d collected Jenny from the boarding house. A commoner, the landlady had said. Someone Miss Knightley had known as a child. A friend. Someone she trusted.

He felt a strong surge of envy. The brandy tasted suddenly bitter in his mouth.

Adam turned away from the window and went back to his desk. He stood, staring down at the portrait of Grace, at the black cat.

Such a gifted artist.

He touched Tom’s note, brushing the cat with a light fingertip. The next time he saw Miss Knightley, he’d have the truth from her.

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