The Spencer Sisters Forbidden Loves and Broken Hearts by Christine Donovan

Author:Christine Donovan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Historical Romance, A Seabrook Family Saga, Romantic Fiction
Publisher: Christine Donovan
Published: 2019-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

ROBERT COULD HARDLY believe the events of today, which began with him holding an invitation that arrived that morning. He’d read it three times before understanding the meaning. Well, it didn’t take him three reads to ascertain he’d been invited to a formal dinner party at the home of Mr. Stuart Spencer. The reason it took three reads was disbelief. When the implication sank in, his heart beat regularly for the first time since he’d left Mary at Cliff House. Perhaps Spencer was allowing his suit of Mary. It could mean nothing else. What had changed the man’s mind? And bugger all, did he have the proper clothing to attend?

Standing in the Spencer family drawing room now, glancing around at all the ladies and gents he realized his clothing, though not possessing the finest quality of cloth, looked passable enough. His old boots had polished up nicely. As a servant introduced him, he fought down panic threatening to overrun his entire being.

Thankfully, Wentworth and Bridgeton approached him, no doubt having witnessed his near panic, and welcomed him, putting him at ease. If one could be at ease as a guest at a polite society dinner party. Something he’d never expected to attend. He’d dreamed of a life with Mary but never expected it to come to fruition. Tonight, his heart soared with the knowledge it would happen. Why else would he be here?

When his eyes connected with Mary’s, he couldn’t look away. She looked breathtaking and beyond beautiful, making him wonder why she chose him when she could have any single gentleman in the room. And there were several if he wasn’t mistaken.

Before he became acclimated to the drawing room, dinner was announced and to his utter disappointment he escorted Elizabeth into dinner and not Mary. However, as he found himself seated across from Mary, and would be able to look at her throughout the meal, he relaxed and the tension eased from his shoulders and neck. He’d once heard it was bad form to speak across the table, so he would wait until he witnessed someone else doing it before he did. Meanwhile, he made small talk with Lady Penelope. Thankfully, she didn’t mention him being a Bow Street Runner.

Occupying the seat on Lady Penelope’s other side sat a rather large, imposing and intimidating duke, possessing a nasty scar across his face, an eye patch, and a leg that appeared crippled. Fortunately for him he was a duke and not part of the working class. He’d starve in the lower classes of London before someone gave him a job. Smythe’s curiosity had him wanting to ask about his injuries, knowing it was probably taboo had him keeping his mouth closed. Perhaps tonight was a test to ascertain if he could fit in with Mary’s family and polite society in general. If it was, he would not fail.

His eyes fell upon Mary and she smiled and blushed. God, how he loved her. He wanted to say something, anything, but afraid

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