SHE DANCED ALONE IN THE EMPTY BALLROOM AFTER MIDNIGHT-UNAWARE THE DUKE WAS WATCHING

as far as the kitchen door.” Mr. Peek looked up, startled, his mouth opening in surprise.

A duke did not carry onions or anything else, walking instead with his hands behind his back and letting other men carry things for him. “Your Grace, I could not.”

“It is a heavy basket and a long path. Let me carry lines.” He took the basket from Mr. Peek’s hands continue reading …