Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Joke – He Offered Her a Chair Before He Said a Word

not handle it. Footsteps clipped sharply down the corridor, the unmistakable, authoritative staccato of expensive leather heels demanding attention.

The study doors were thrown open without a knock. Lady Agatha Hawthorne stood in the doorway.

She looked magnificent and utterly out of place. She wore a traveling pelisse of deep burgundy velvet lined with continue reading …