(Fire Trilogy #1) Heartless by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780786235858
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 2001-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

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receding chin, hurried forward. “Good afternoon, my lord. Might I be of help with something?”

“A friend recommended your shop. He said you had a reputation for honesty and that you sold gems of the highest quality.”

He smiled, pleased at the words, which were undoubtedly true. “My family’s been in business for over fifty years.”

“I’m looking for a ring,” the man said. He bent to study the contents in the case, his straight black brows drawing together. “Sapphires would be best, I think, to match the lady’s eyes, and diamonds of course. Something elegant but not garish. Something appropriate for a wedding ring.”

The clerk fairly beamed. Most of the ton were content to gift their brides with an ancestral ring, perhaps one worn by their mothers. This man apparently wanted something personal, a ring of his own choosing.

“We can design whatever you wish, of course, but if you’ll give me just a moment, I have several rings in the back. One of them might do very nicely.” The ring he had in mind was fashioned of perfectly cut sapphires surrounded by flawless diamonds. Large enough to please the most discriminating lady, yet subtle, not the least bit garish.

He hurried to the rear of the shop and returned with three of the shop’s most expensive pieces, setting diem down on a black velvet cloth beneath an overhanging lamp that showed off their brilliance to the best advantage.

As the gentleman lifted and examined each one, the clerk studied his face. He was a handsome man, tall and broad-shouldered, yet somehow forbidding. The jewelry in the shop was fashioned of the highest quality, and the clerk was glad. It was clear the man had a very discerning eye, and it was equally clear that it would not be wise to displease him.

He picked up the last ring on the cloth and examined it closely, an array of emotions swirling in his cool gray eyes, each one more difficult to read than the last. Nervousness,

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