The Notorious Lord Knightly by Lorraine Heath

Author:Lorraine Heath
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2023-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Regina looked magnificent sitting astride Queen. Knight had known she would. It was the reason he’d purchased the mare for her. Over the years, he’d considered sending the beast to her as an apology but hadn’t been certain she’d accept the mare or appreciate the gesture. She’d been furious with him, rightly so, hatred reflected in the tears brimming in her eyes. He knew she wouldn’t have taken her feelings out on the horse, but he’d been unable to imagine she would have loved the steed either. Animals deserved to be adored.

However, after having placed her on the horse, he was rather certain they were growing fond of each other, and he hoped she’d take Queen back with her when their journey through Hyde Park was completed. It was where the horse belonged, with the woman who was born to ride her.

He remembered the pride he’d always experienced having Regina at his side. It was with him now, swelling his chest, his head, and another part that it shouldn’t, but how could he look at her and not want her? He felt like a withered field in want of rain—desperate for it. He thought he’d schooled his emotions, tamped down his desperation for her, but having her near was torment, and yet he couldn’t seem to mind it. He did wish for the ease they’d once shared to return, to hear her laugh fully and completely, not with the caustic bark she now occasionally tossed his way. Sometimes she did forget her hatred of him when she smiled, and he relished those moments when her lips curled up and her eyes reflected joy.

As their horses trudged along Rotten Row, he couldn’t stop himself from saying, “You spend quite a bit of time in your book describing our first kiss.” That damned garden scene everyone was on about went on for pages.

She gave him a sidelong glance, those lush lips of hers hinting at a smile but not fully committing to granting it to him. “For me, it was a moment of awakening. I’d never imagined it could be so all-encompassing. I suppose a small part of me wanted to alert women to how it should be, how it overtakes all your common sense.”

“It’s not like that for everyone.”

“Because every man is not as experienced and skilled as you?”

After sidling Shakespeare a little nearer to her, he removed his hat because he wanted no shadows to prevent her from reading the truth in his eyes. “I’m not boasting here. What I’m about to say is simply to make a point. But I had kissed . . . several women before you, and yet that night was a revelation for me, a shock clear down to my boots. You owned me that night.” And every night since.

She stared at him as though he’d knocked her off her horse, and she was unable to catch her breath. He settled his hat back into place. “Was that not your experience when sampling all the

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