Sweet Rogue of Mine by Shana Galen

Author:Shana Galen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sexy regency romance, sexy romance, sexy regency, regency hero, regency heroine, sexy regency hero, sexy hero
Publisher: Shana Galen
Published: 2021-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

No one answered the door when Pru knocked the next day at noon. The morning had been cold and rainy, and she was glad she had spent so much time outdoors the day before. Today all anyone wanted to do was stay inside and huddle by the hearth. The weather was damp and gray, and Pru had considered staying at the vicarage, but Mrs. Blimkin had arrived late because of the foul weather and was in a foul mood whenever Pru managed to get underfoot. The vicar was home as well, and the house seemed too small for the three of them.

The rain had slackened by eleven, and Pru had hoped it would stop altogether so she and Nash might walk in the informal gardens again. Perhaps walking wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. She had in mind more of what he’d done to her yesterday—the kissing and touching and more touching. Her mother would have told her she was an unrepentant sinner. She’d known her parents would think what she’d done was wrong, but being with Nash didn’t feel wrong. Being with him felt right.

She was a woman of three and twenty. She was plain and poor and had no prospects or connections. She would never marry. Was she supposed to forgo all carnal pleasures for the next fifty or sixty years? Why had God given her these needs and the ability to feel as she did if he did not want her to enjoy these feelings?

And she did not think anyone would dispute the changes in Nash the past few days. He’d lost that hunted look. He was doing better, and if kissing him was what it took to keep him from the asylum, then kiss him she would.

Pru was about to knock again, when the Northgate door finally opened, and young Mr. George Northgate stood there. He gave her a long look. “If it isn’t Miss Howard. Come in.” He moved aside, and Pru hesitated before stepping into the house. It was cold and dark and unusually quiet. No servant came to take her coat.

Northgate closed the door and leaned on it. “Not going to Wentmore today?” he asked. Pru did not like the way he leaned on the door, and she suddenly wished she hadn’t come at all. But Mrs. Northgate was expecting her.

“I could ask you the same question,” she said, avoiding his query.

“You are a forward girl, aren’t you?” he said. “The workmen aren’t there because of the rain. Mr. Payne sent them home.”

“Mr. Payne is back?” Pru asked.

“He returned last night. I’m surprised you didn’t know. You seem well acquainted with all that happens in that house.”

Pru glanced at the stairs. The sconces were not lit, even though the day was dreary and the house dark. “If you’ll excuse me, I will go see Mrs. Northgate. I’m sure she is wondering where I am.” Pru started for the stairs.

“Not likely,” Northgate said.

Pru reached the stairs and started up.

“She’s not here,” he said.

Pru paused and looked back.

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