The Trevors: Books I - IV by Ella Quinn

Author:Ella Quinn
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2019-04-06T21:00:00+00:00

Guy Paulet, former army officer, current Member of Parliament, and nephew and putative heir to the Duke of Bolton, had just sat down to tea with his good friends, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, and his wife, Meg, when their butler entered the well-appointed, sunny parlor carrying a silver salver.

“My lady”—the butler bowed—A letter from her grace has just arrived via messenger. I gather it is urgent.”

“Thank you, Saunders.” Plucking the missive from the salver, she popped the seal, and shook the paper open. A fine line formed between her brows. “It appears we are going to Bath for the summer,” she told Hawksworth

“Indeed?” he asked after a few stunned seconds. When she did not respond he continued, “I suppose at some point you will get around to telling me why exactly we must go to Bath.”

Meg Hawksworth’s frown deepened as she re-read the note. “Somerset has decided that your sister Laia is to marry the Duke of Bolton—I would love to know how that came about—and Catherine has convinced your father that Laia must be brought up to snuff socially before the wedding if she is not to embarrass the family. Of course, if he had let her come out like a normal lady. . .” Meg shook her head in disgust. “The Season has only another week to go, and your father will not allow her to come to Town or Brighton in any event, so Bath it is.”

Pain radiating from Guy’s back teeth became intolerable, and he tried to loosen his jaw. If this union occurred, it would be his uncle’s fifth marriage. And Guy had no doubt at all that it would end the same as the others. In the death of his wife. In this case, the sister of his friend.

Bolton, with his massive sense of self-worth, would not even consider the fact that he might be the cause of his wives’ failure to breed.

Well, Guy was damned if he’d allow another lady to die for failing to give the duke an heir.

Especially an innocent such as Lady Laia Trevor.

One way or another, this engagement must come to an end. Guy would see to it.

Before he could voice his objections, Hawksworth spoke. “What the devil is the old man thinking? Bolton will never see sixty again.”

“Not to mention the tendency of his wives to depart this earth in an appallingly consistent fashion,” Meg murmured in a dry tone. “However, to answer your question, my love, he is thinking that his eldest daughter should wed a duke.”

“And as Bolton is in need of a wife, he’ll do.” Hawksworth scowled. “That’s too simple. There is something Somerset wants from Bolton, and he’s using Laia to get it.”

“I believe you are correct. Somerset doesn’t give anything away, even his children.” Meg placed the letter on a small cherry table next to her. “Well, there is nothing for it. We must think of a way to stop the marriage.”

“The question is, short of putting my sister on a ship to Frank and Jenny in New York, what are we going to do?” Hawksworth glanced at his wife.

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