Only a Duke Will Do
by Tamara Gill
(To Marry a Rogue #2)
Published by: Entangled Publishing
Publication date: February 20th 2017
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance
by Tamara Gill
(To Marry a Rogue #2)
Published by: Entangled Publishing
Publication date: February 20th 2017
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance
Synopsis:
Without a Season, Lady Isolde Worthingham captured the Duke of
Moore’s heart at a country dance. But on the eve of her wedding, a
scandal that rocked the ton and sent her fleeing to Scotland alone and unwed, leaves her perfectly planned future in a tangle of disgrace and heartbreak.
Merrick Mountshaw, the Duke of Moore loathes the pitiful existence he
hides from the ton. With a scandalous wife he never wanted, who flaunts
her many indiscretions, life is a never-ending parade of hell. When the
one woman he loved and lost returns to London, he knows he can no
longer live without her.
But vows and past hurts are not easily forgotten. Love may not win
against the ton when a too proper Lord and Lady play by the rules.
Excerpt:
“I’ve lost him. And
I love him still.” Her voice broke at the realization.
Her mother shushed
her, pulling her into an embrace. “I know, darling. I know you do. But there is
nothing for it now. You will have to return with us to Dunsleigh.”
Isolde thought of
all she had lost, not just Merrick, but her future, their plans. Their trip
away to the Continent, Paris, Rome, and all the delightful places in between
that they were going to visit, crumbled in her chest like her heart. “He’s
really going to marry her, isn’t he?” Even saying such a thing sounded absurd,
and yet it was the truth. The truth as she would know it from tonight onward.
“Yes, he is.” Her
mother’s face was a mask of concern and pain. “I’m so sorry, darling. You did
not deserve this.”
Isolde strove to
calm down before her sobs woke her sisters and they started with their meddling
questions. Her body hiccupped for breath; her eyes, so swollen and sore, hurt
when she blinked.
“Come, you must
sleep.” Her mother helped her stand, and Isolde didn’t fight her decree.
Tiredness would succeed over her mind and, for a sweet moment, she’d forget
what had transpired this night. It was enough to make her lie down and try.
She settled under
the blankets. The maid knocked on the door and her mother ushered her into the
room, taking possession of the glass of whisky and a cold compress. Isolde
downed the drink in one gulp, grateful for the burning amber liquid and the
cooling cloth against her eyes.
The tears started
afresh when the comforting embrace of her mother wrapped around her, pulling
her close and holding her as if to never let her go. Not since she was a child
had her mother acted in such a way, and some of the despair left her, knowing
she had the support of her family.
She would need them
in the months to come.
She took a
shuddering breath. How could a night once filled with so much excitement and
anticipation twist into such despair and horror? Rolling onto her side, the
ring Merrick had given her pressed into her cheek.
She held out her
hand and looked at the cluster of five round diamonds, each of them encased in
a bed of silver and sitting on a band of gold that was etched into a leaflike
pattern. The ring had been Merrick’s grandmother’s, and it had been the most
beautiful gift Isolde had ever received.
But no longer. Now
it represented a fractured circle of trust, pulled apart and unfixable.
She yanked it off,
unable to throw it no matter how much she longed to. She reached over and
placed it on the cabinet beside her bed, looking at it as it twinkled prettily
under the candlelight. The ring and its beauty were as fickle as its owner.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Tamara
is an Australian author who grew up in an old mining town in country
South Australia, where her love of history was founded. So much so, she
made her darling husband travel to the UK for their honeymoon, where she
dragged him from one historical monument and castle to another.
A mother of three, her two little gentleman in the making, a future lady (she hopes) and a part-time job keep her busy in the real world, but whenever she gets a moment's peace she loves to write romance novels in an array of genres, including regency, medieval and paranormal.
Tamara loves hearing from readers and writers alike. You can contact her through her website, and sign up to follow her blog or newsletter.
A mother of three, her two little gentleman in the making, a future lady (she hopes) and a part-time job keep her busy in the real world, but whenever she gets a moment's peace she loves to write romance novels in an array of genres, including regency, medieval and paranormal.
Tamara loves hearing from readers and writers alike. You can contact her through her website, and sign up to follow her blog or newsletter.
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