A Talent for Temptation by Sabrina Jeffries

Author:Sabrina Jeffries
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Pocket Star Books

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The theater in Dieppe had a box fitted out for its patroness, the Duchess of Berry, which Gregory had been offered for his own use. Since he much preferred Beaumarchais’s original play of The Marriage of Figaro to Mozart’s opera version, he was already predisposed to like the performance, but he had to admit that Mademoiselle Monique Servais, the actress lauded earlier by Hart, really was as fine in her role as his companion had claimed.

“What did I tell you?” Hart said as the music came up for the interlude. “She’s astounding.”

Gregory hated exaggeration. “If you mean that she’s a particularly pretty French chit with a superior speaking voice and an unaffected manner that enhances her credibility as Suzanne, you’d be right. But other than that—”

“Other than that, what? Admit it, man. She has the curves of Aphrodite, the face of Helen of Troy, the voice of . . . of—”

“A siren? As long as you’re making comparisons with mythical beings, you might as well throw that one in. And you’re speaking only of her physical attributes.”

Which were uncommonly attractive, although he wasn’t about to confess that to Hart. Despite wearing a massive powdered wig, she managed to walk with a sensual grace that made him wonder what she looked like beneath that ridiculous costume from his grandmother’s era.

Then again, even Frenchwomen with modest features had a talent for projecting beauty to the world. And Mademoiselle Servais’s features, as best he could tell from this distance, weren’t remotely modest. What’s more, her voice was melodic without being singsong, and she enunciated every word of dialogue. She captivated the audience—and him—each time she stepped onstage.

“Tell the truth,” Hart said, “she’s better than you imagined.”

“I’ll concede that. But then, my expectations were low.”

Before Hart could retort, a knock came at the door to the box. It was the porter. “Is everything to your satisfaction this evening, gentlemen?” Duval asked.

“It is, thank you,” Gregory said dismissively.

Then Hart chimed in. “Could you arrange for us to meet Miss Servais after the play?”

As Gregory stifled a groan, the porter’s face clouded. “I’m afraid not, sir. She usually hurries home.”

“She has a husband and children to attend to, I suppose,” Gregory said.

“An aging grandmother, sir. Miss Servais is unmarried.”

Interesting. And unexpected. Since the French always referred to their actresses as mademoiselles, one could never know for certain if they had husbands. But he’d assumed that a woman of such unparalleled attractions would. So he felt an oddly powerful satisfaction at hearing that she didn’t.

He could easily imagine her in his bed. She was exactly his sort—sensual but graceful, an elegant siren.

Siren, bah. He was as bad as Hart, waxing poetic about her.

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