The Earl's Secret (Elbia Series Book 3) by Kathryn Jensen

Author:Kathryn Jensen [Jensen, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Father & Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, The Smythe Family Cousins, Multicultural & International, Biological Son Raised By Another, Vow of Silence, Foreign Country-Elbia
Publisher: Silhouette Desire
Published: 2011-05-23T04:00:00+00:00

Lord Smythe was in the stables again before the sun had fully risen. His sleepy-eyed grooms viewed him dismally over their morning coffee. Before that summer they hadn’t needed to rush to their morning chores, as their boss never appeared in the yard before ten in the morning. These days he sometimes rode out in the gray light of dawn.

He always asked for Prince’s Pride, his favorite. Fifteen minutes later the pair would be racing across gully and tor, the stallion straining to respond to his master’s urgent heels at his belly, sweat running down the man’s face and the horse’s muscled flanks. Two hours later Christopher would return the exhausted animal to his senior groom.

This morning Jamie eyed both of them with concern. “If ya dunna ruin yerself, sir, yer sure ta ruin the horse.” His brogue seemed thicker for his worry. “Nothin’s worth doin’ in a fine animal like this.” He fondly stroked the horse’s frothing muzzle.

Christopher gave him an apologetic smile. “I’ll be gentler next time.”

He walked back toward the castle, his heart no lighter than when he had begun his ride. The day promised to be no better than any other since he and Jennifer had parted in London.

No other woman ever had affected him this deeply, and that vexed him. In the month since he’d last seen Jennifer, he felt like a school lad, suffering through his first infatuation. He couldn’t stop thinking about the way she had tipped her head just a little to one side when listening to him describe a long-ago battle. He imagined he smelled vanilla everywhere.

And her body. All the saints and victorious Smythe ancestors protect him! He would give a fortune for one more night in her arms.

But that was impossible. To give in to this strange obsession with her and follow the woman halfway around the world. He just wouldn’t do it!

Christopher gazed out across opalescent mists rolling over the loch as he strode toward the house. Between mysteriously shifting vapors, he thought he glimpsed a stubby, red van. He stopped in his tracks, stared, his pulse quickening. Almost immediately the vision was gone.

Last night her voice had come softly to him in his sleep. He had actually reached for her across the sheets.

Suddenly Christopher knew he couldn’t stay another hour at Donan. Her presence was everywhere. As soon as he had showered and dressed, he drove to Lisa’s school. As he left the administrative office, he saw her trooping with her class and teacher toward the library, chattering gleefully. He took the long way around the parking lot to intercept them.

“Good afternoon, Lord Smythe,” the teacher greeted him politely.

He smiled and nodded politely at the woman.

Lisa beamed at him as the line of girls approached. “Hi, Uncle Chris,” she chirped as they passed him by. “Are you coming down to London for dinner soon?”

“Soon,” he said. “I promise.”

“I have a new doll in my collection,” she tossed cheerfully back at him.

“Can’t wait to see it.” The lump in his throat made it impossible to say anything more.

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