Romance: Regency Romance: Charmed by the Duke (A Regency Romance) by Charlotte Carey & Historical Deluxe

Author:Charlotte Carey & Historical Deluxe [Carey, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-04-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Lady Marion had summoned for the duke and waited in the parlor for his appearance under the archway that adorned the entrance from the west corridor. Sitting upright in an overly stuffed plush chair, she adjusted her posture so that she was the image of a proper lady and a lady doesn’t slouch. Hearing the clack of his shoes on the marble floor before she heard his enthusiastic voice, Lady Marion turned her head to face the opening where she expected to see Trevor at any moment.

“Hello, Mother. You’re looking well.” The smile on his face warmed his mother’s heart since she had such few joys in life for the past few weeks. Since losing her Andrew, she’d had to come to terms with not only the loss of her son but the fact that Trevor was to take his place, which was something for which he was simply not suited. The boy had always been one to sit in the background and let his brother take the lead in any situation and he was more than happy to let him. Trevor was her artist, her thinker and dreamer where Andrew had been a man of action and strength. Though they had both been educated, Marion knew that Trevor had always been a bit more intellectual than his brother, who had been groomed for the title of duke since the day of his birth.

Trevor would be the child that she would refer to as sweet whereas the only word that came to mind when thinking about Andrew was ruthless. She had raised two completely different men and the one who stood before her today made her worry about his ability to do his job. What he needed was a woman who possessed the traits that he was missing and there wasn’t a more cunning or devious mind than the one inside Evangeline Lockhart-Grant’s head. Lady Marion Grant would be able to pull the strings regarding the business handled by the office of the duke through his new wife and once they are wed she would be able to secure her own placement in the house of Westminster.

“I have the most wonderful news, my son.” Lady Marion smiled to Trevor as she informed him of the ball for the king. “Since Evangeline and I obviously cannot go, I have arranged for her sister to accompany you. Trevor turned on his heel then back to face his mother as he said,

“You can’t be serious. Mother, that woman absolutely hates me and I can’t see us having a good time together, especially when it’s being forced upon her.” He was obviously disturbed to have to take the sister of his brother’s widow to an affair where there would be so many different ladies available to him like ripe fruit on the vine ready for picking. She knew that if he went off by himself that he would fall for the first young thing that flaunted herself at his new title and Lady

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