The Lady's Desire (An Abbey Mead Novel) by Audrey Abbott

Author:Audrey Abbott [Abbott, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682917213
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

He had received his orders in London. He was to report to Colonel the Viscount Westmeare at Calcutta and receive any further orders then. Thoughts of Westmeare always led to Lady Anne.

Anne, blushing at the fête at Addiscombe. Anne, standing in the shadows by the ruins of the old abbey. Anne, laughing in the grotto at Hartwood.

He tried to push such images of the lovely lass from his mind. Lady Anne, no matter how charming, was not for him. Yet, he could not forget her. Nae. He could not. She slipped into his thoughts uninvited, but not unwelcome.

Without a doubt, Lady Anne aroused him physically. Oh, aye! He could not deny it. Yet she also awakened in him an intense desire to protect and to cherish. More than any other woman he had ever known.

She embraced an inner beauty, a gentle grace, a loving spirit. He admired Anne’s concern for her servants, her devotion to her family, her passion for honesty, her keen mind. Aye, the lass was truly a remarkable woman.

But would he ever see her again? He did not know when or even if the Lady Anne Westmeare would be joining her husband in India. But he could not restrain a smile at the prospect of seeing her again.

The voices of Mrs. Smythe and Dr. Pettigrew intruded on his pleasant and so verra satisfying reveries. “The Royal Horticulture Society has encouraged its members to travel throughout the empire to study and collect unusual specimens,” the botanist said, trying his best to explain his puzzling mission to India.

“Well, tropical plants, especially ferns, are becoming the fashion in households rich and poor in England,” Mrs. Smythe declared. “I have several in my parlor in Kent.”

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