(Bride's Trilogy #1) Royal's Bride by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781460305638
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2009-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

Lily made no reply, but she thought she liked Lord March’s sister.

Walking next to her hostess, Lily began making her way round the ballroom, hearing her name spoken in nearly every circle. Royal’s friends had been doing their jobs. People were discussing Savage’s horse race win, March’s card win at White’s and the bet Lord Wellesley had wagered and won.

From the corner of her eye, she saw Preston Loomis in conversation with Lord Nightingale and realized the earl was telling him that he had indeed purchased the stock Tsaya had suggested and that, indeed, the investment had paid off quite handsomely.

“How does she claim to do it?” Loomis asked, standing close enough that she could hear.

“I am not quite certain.” Nightingale turned, indicating Tsaya should join the conversation. “Why don’t you ask her?”

Loomis arched a silver eyebrow. “And so I shall,” he agreed congenially, reaching up to smooth his mustache. “Will you tell us, my dear, how you are able to know these things?”

Lily flashed her mysterious smile. “I learned much from my grandmother’s sister, a Gypsy named Madam Medela. She also had the sight. I am sad to say she died a few years back. But unlike my great-aunt, Medi—that is what I called her—I see things in the stars.”

Loomis stared. “You are related to Madam Medela?”

“As I said, she was my grandmother’s sister. You have heard of her?”

“She was a friend of my mother’s.”

Lily nodded as if she wasn’t surprised. “My aunt helped many people.” She stared at him, studied his face. “If you play cards with Lord Nightingale tonight, you will win.”

It had all been planned ahead of time, of course. Even now Royal’s friends were getting ready to play in a private salon—assuming Nightingale could convince Loomis to join him.

One of the earl’s nearly black eyebrows went up in challenge. “Would you care to test the lady? I was just getting ready to join a private game.”

Loomis glanced in her direction, but Lily was already slipping away. She had played her part. Now it was up to the men to play theirs.

She had just started down the hall when a man stepped into her way. She had noticed him when he came into the ballroom a few minutes earlier, young, no more than three-and-twenty, and dashing, with wavy dark hair and brilliant blue eyes. She was sure the ladies must all go atwitter when this one walked into a room.

His smile was as devastating as his eyes. “Well, look at this—it seems I am having my own good fortune, running into such a beautiful woman.” He made her an extravagant bow. “Rule Dewar, at your service, madam.”

Rule Dewar. She knew Royal had two brothers, but she had never met them. This one was probably the youngest. And in a different way, he was as handsome as his older brother.

“I am Madam Tsaya,” she said, wondering if Royal knew his brother was there and if he had been told about their charade. The way those blue eyes seemed to be eating her up, she didn’t think so.

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