Unsuitable Wife Page 27

  Captain Warwick gave her his arm as they walked up the stone stairs at Portsmouth Point, she and Jamie giggling at the way the land seemed to shift under their feet, so used were they to walking a constantly moving deck. He had found rooms for them at the George, the captain said, casting a look back at Obadiah, with a place in the stables for her servant. Obadiah, hefting a trunk on his shoulder, said nothing, but Anne’s lips tightened. She was about to demand better lodgings when she caught sight of a man at the end of the quay, and all other concerns flew from her head.

  In contrast to the bustle around him, crew loading and unloading ships, people embarking or streaming toward the coaching offices, the man stood very still, his hands, in pearl- gray gloves, resting atop the silver knob of an ebony walking stick. His coat and pantaloons were black, his shirt white, his waistcoat the same pearl gray. He was hatless; the only sign of life, of color, in him, was his hair, still the color of ripe corn, ruffled by the breeze. It couldn’t be—

  “Hello, Anne,” he said, and she stopped still, the lump in her throat lodging in her stomach. The Duke of Tremont. Giles, whom she had once thought she’d marry.

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  (originally published as A Gentleman’s Desire)

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