Great Scot! by Suzanne Enoch

Author:Suzanne Enoch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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Jane kept her hands in her lap and her gaze out the coach window. Good heavens. So that was the kissing that Amy and Eloise and Miranda and even Temperance made such a ruckus about. She felt devoured and set ablaze all at the same time. And even more glorious than the kissing was the fact that he’d kissed her.

She hadn’t imagined a connection between them, nor was the interest one-sided. What it all meant she had no idea, but in all her thirty-three years she’d never felt so close to … bursting. She wanted to sing, and dance, and spin about in a circle with her arms outflung. Touching him, being touched by him, made all her worries simply fizzle into smoke, unimportant and unnoticed—for the moment, anyway.

“I don’t know why Coll would be interested in the topic of flooring,” Lady Glendarril said, turning the book with which Brennan had gifted her in her hands, “but Coll does have more dimensions than I ever would have expected on first meeting him.”

“No doubt,” Jane returned, feeling some response was needed.

“Are you feeling well, Jane?” the viscountess pursued, setting the book aside. “Your color is high.”

“It’s just the cold, I think.” And the fact that a man, a delicious man, kissed me. “I don’t feel at all feverish.”

“Good. I think we all will need to be fit enough come Hogmanay to run away from the house if the men should accidentally set it ablaze.”

Putting a smile on her face, Jane nodded. “They do seem very enthusiastic about the bits with fire. Not to change the subject, but I think your home is going to be lovely. And with a view that London could never match.”

“I hope so. I grew up overlooking a lake in Cumberland, but this…” She gestured at the land outside the coach. “It’s magnificent here. I don’t think I could ever tire of it.”

“Would you give up the stage for it?” Jane asked, then mentally clamped a hand over her mouth when that earned her a rather piercing look. “Someday, I mean,” she added belatedly.

“Between you and me,” Temperance said slowly, her voice more thoughtful than Jane expected, “I have a contract for the coming Season with the Saint Genesius Theater. I will honor it. After that, well, I don’t wish to be some entitled woman putting on plays to elevate her own sense of self-worth. I mean, Charlie Huddle—he’s the manager at the Saint Genesius—would feel obligated to allow me to perform now. I’m a viscountess. I’d no longer be earning parts on my own merits.” Scowling, she fiddled with her gloves. “Does that make sense?”

“It does, but being married doesn’t diminish your talent. Or your enjoyment of the career you chose. There must be a balance somewhere.” Balance. That was what she needed, as well. A balance between something she wanted to do and someone who needed her. The more she considered that, the less sense it made that she could remain, however, with Lady Aldriss.

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