The Wedding Night of an English Rogue: A Novel by Jillian Hunter

Author:Jillian Hunter [Hunter, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Romance, Love Stories, Erotica, Regency, Historical, Historical Fiction, Nobility, Man-Woman Realtionships, Boscastle Family (Fictitious Characters)
ISBN: 9780345461230
Google: WiNS10ND4OcC
Amazon: 0345523423
Publisher: Ivy Books
Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

"Come downstairs, both of you," she said, motioning in distress. "Drake has been stabbed in the street. Odham has already gone for my physician."

Julia took stock of the attractive man who was half reclining on the sofa, his expression one of tolerant resignation. Her face paled as he repositioned himself, and she noticed the blood-soaked cloth he was holding almost casually over his left hand. She thought again how easily he could be mistaken for Heath.

The same compelling hawk-nosed profile, the crisp black hair. And in that black greatcoat—he was wearing Heath's coat.

"He looks like you," she said to Heath, who clearly wasn't listening, reaching Drake moments before she managed to move.

"Who?" she heard Heath ask his brother, his voice controlled but clearly shaken. "Where? And why?"

Drake shrugged, accepting the glass of brandy that Odham had passed him. "A ruffian—a foreigner by the looks of him. Devon chased him into the rookeries."

Heath's face hardened as he examined the wound on his brother's wrist.

It wasn't fatal, but who knew what had been his assailant's intention? "How did you and Devon end up together?"

Drake hesitated. "We were apparently on our way to the same young lady's lodgings. A private dinner party."

Heath's mouth thinned in amusement. "Not very discriminating as to whom she invites, is she?"

Drake lifted his brow. "I resent that. And stop making such a fuss. It's a pinprick. He cut my hand. I came back here only because I felt guilty for leaving you the way I did. It was rude of me."

Heath straightened. "I suppose you'll live, and yes, you were rude, but I'll forgive you. Did your attacker take your cash?"

"No, he didn't. I think I surprised him. At least he looked surprised when I turned to plant him a facer." Drake examined his hand. "He'll be more surprised, I wager, when he realizes he's lost two front teeth."

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