Yesterday and Forever by Alexander Victoria

Author:Alexander, Victoria [Alexander, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: historical romance, Jane Austen London, regency romance, Contemporary, Sweet Romance, fiction, Romance, Time Travel Romance, second-chance romance
ISBN: 9781943772261
Publisher: NYLA
Published: 2015-10-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Adam absently swirled the brandy in his glass and stared unseeing at the flames in the fireplace before him. It was his fourth brandy, or perhaps his seventh. He no longer counted. He was not, however, in his cups. On the contrary, while each sip darkened his mood, each glass brought his thoughts into sharper focus. And they focused on only one thing.

Maggie.

He could not get her out of his head in spite of his best efforts. Except for the moment last night, he had not seen her for two days. Deliberately. He filled those days with business and strenuous exercise, boxing and riding. His evenings were spent here at his club where his obviously glum demeanor did not encourage company.

Adam had not behaved like this in years. Not since his father died. In those days his drinking and carousing and gambling were his ways of striking back at the loving but domineering father who could not understand why his only son wanted to go to war or why his son believed it was his duty to king and country to join the fight against Napoleon. Adam never could explain to his father why he considered it a question of honor. His honor and his family's. His father not only forbade his involvement, but his influence in government and military circles was such that when Adam tried to circumvent him, it was to no avail. And Adam resented it.

Resentment that manifested itself in wild behavior. For years Adam lived with reckless abandon, following his emotions, giving in to impulse, pushing strength and courage far beyond the pale of acceptable behavior. Never quite crossing the line into the unforgivable yet never quite completely respectable either.

When his father died, grief and guilt paralyzed him. Even vast amounts of very fine liquor did not ease his pain. Alone, he struggled to come to terms with the relationship he could no longer change. Gradually, through the long days locked away in his father's private refuge, he began to comprehend, began to see that, as strong as his father always appeared, he could not face the possible loss of his son in battle. He remembered his father's face when Adam was involved in some particularly difficult scrape or scandal. Behind the anger, there was always a glimmer of amusement, a touch of pride, a hint of paternal love. Too stubborn and defiant to recognize it at the time, Adam didn't realize what he'd had until his father's death. What he'd lost.

The impetuous youth came out of his father’s library a mature man, setting aside emotion and vowing to turn his life around, to make the estates profitable and carry his name honorably, to make his father proud. He succeeded admirably, harnessing the same intensity he had once used in the pursuit of pleasure. If somewhere along the way he had gone too far, become too ruthless in business, too cold and self-controlled in his personal life, too . . . well . . . so be it.

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