The Truth Behind Their Practical Marriage (Penniless Brides 0f Convenience Book 3) by Marguerite Kaye

Author:Marguerite Kaye [Kaye, Marguerite]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Regency & Victorian Romance, London Society, England & Britain, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Sensual Story Theme, Penniless Brides 0f Convenience, Convenient & Practical Marriage, Irish Landowner, Hiding Dark Secret
Publisher: Harlequin Historical; Original Edition
Published: 2019-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Aidan stood at the edge of the lake. The waters were intensely blue today, under a perfect summer sky, the gentle breeze just enough to cause a few wavelets to ripple on to the little stretch of shore where the boat used to be moored. He sat down on the grass verge, digging his boots into damp gravel, his hand automatically searching for and finding the iron ring which they’d used for tying up. His grandfather had put it there. A chunk of rust came off in his hand. He cast it into the water. The lake had always been a source of happiness. His father had taken him out fishing in the boat, and taught him and Clodagh to sail there, when the wind was right. In the summer they’d swim, all three of them, sometimes wading in from this little bit of shore, sometimes from the island, other times diving in from the boat. His father’s teaching methods had been basic but sound, tying a rope around their waists and making them jump in after a very elementary demonstration of what to do with their arms and legs. It had been one of the many things he’d dreamed of doing with his own children, though he’d jump in with them, and not leave them floundering. Now he could make his dream a reality, with the family he and Estelle would make together. That’s if he could ever bring himself to go into the lake again.

As if the weather had read his thoughts, a cloud scudded over the sun, turning the ruined tower and the island into a dark silhouette just as his eyes were drawn to it, making him shudder. It had been October, that last journey out to the island. The skies had been appropriately leaden, the wind blowing in stiff gusts. The heavens had opened on the journey back. When they returned to the house for the wake, he remembered the steam rising from the wet wool of the men’s clothing. Those of them that came.

The cloud moved on. The sun blazed down once more on the island. They used to cook the fish they’d caught on a fire in the ruins of the tower, he and Clodagh and his father. He could see the spot from here. The other, more sacred spot, was not visible from anywhere on the shore. It was set in a little hollow, quite private, completely peaceful. Was she at peace? Was it too much to hope, that she’d leave him be?

In the distance, a dog barked and the hairs on the back of his neck prickled. Another possession of hers he should have returned, but her family would have none of poor Hera. He rolled his eyes at the taunting irony of the name. Goddess of marriage and childbirth. The dog adored her mistress. It would have been kinder to have got rid of her, Finn had said, for the wolfhound was miserable with him. But even in

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