To Win a Scoundrel's Heart (The Lords of Whitehall Book 2) by Kristen McLean

Author:Kristen McLean [McLean, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Young Ink Press
Published: 2016-07-17T18:00:00+00:00

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Pierre was a good man. Being in any way responsible for the enslaving of innocent children would have torn him apart. Céleste could admit she was blind to his suffering. How could she have seen it? He would have made sure she didn’t. He would have been ashamed. He would not have wanted her to know, or even suspect he was involved in such a horrible crime.

Eight years she spent searching for the truth. She knew it wouldn’t be pretty. She understood the circumstances of his death were not going to be explained away with natural causes or an unlucky disaster, like being struck down by a runaway carriage. He took a bullet to the head. A bullet he put there, because he was ashamed. She could have said anything, and it wouldn’t have been enough to soothe him. He was the kind of man who never wished ill on anyone, who saw goodness in every person he ever met. He never spoke an unkind word. He gave generously to charities. He cared about everyone.

Céleste pulled out the note he had sent her that night. He had left the dinner party early complaining of a headache. Later, after she had arrived home, she found him in his room. She couldn’t believe what had happened. She screamed until she grew hoarse. The physician arrived and the servants forced her into her own room where she stayed, crying for days.

She glanced down at the parchment with blurry vision.

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