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

hounds. They bite strangers.”

“I don’t like dogs anyway.”

Alistair looked at her. A genuine, reluctant smile broke across his scarred face, transforming him entirely. The harsh lines vanished, revealing the ghost of the handsome, vital man he had been before the war.

“I think, Miss Hawthorne,” Alistair said softly, “that Lady Agatha has made a terrible continue reading …