The Bartered Bride (Bride Trilogy) by Mary Jo Putney

Author:Mary Jo Putney [Putney, Mary Jo]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2006-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

Alex was happy to see that by the time she and the colonel had galloped off their high spirits, Gavin and her mother were well on their way to becoming friends. If her husband and parents hated each other, she’d be in a devil of a position.

As the party headed back to Ashburton House, she fell in beside Gavin. “That was wonderful. I’ve missed riding dreadfully.”

“Is this a way of saying that we need to look for a house with decent stabling?”

“If we can afford it, yes,” she replied. “You like riding too, don’t you? You’re doing rather well for a sailor.”

“I do enjoy it, but I’m going to ache all over tomorrow.”

As Gavin smiled at her, the sun emerged from behind the clouds and gilded him with light. The sheer physical beauty of his fair hair, tanned skin, and powerful shoulders sent a swift surge of desire burning through her.

It was gone in an instant, suffocated by her revulsion with sex. Yet for a few heartbeats, attraction had been uncontaminated by fear and anger.

It was a beginning.

After they stabled the horses and entered Ashburton House, the butler approached with a note for Gavin. He broke the seal. “Wrexham has invited us to dine with him and his wife today. Would you like to go, Alex, or do you have other plans? I think you’d like them.”

“Of course I want to meet your friends.” She made a face. “I’ll have to borrow still another dress from my mother. I’d forgotten how tiring it is to always be changing clothes. There is something to be said for a simple sarong and kebaya.”

“I’m beginning to suspect that requiring different costumes for different activities is how the upper classes fill their time,” he agreed. “Like you and Katie, I’ll need to add to my wardrobe. What I have was not made for London’s society or weather.”

Their gazes met with amused understanding before she turned to climb the stairs. Who could have guessed that she would come to yearn for the clothing of the Indies? Those months had shaped her in good ways as well as bad.

But for now, she needed to borrow another gown.

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