Contents

Chapter 1

Vivian stared at the handwritten note: His grace desires…

Chapter 2

His full name was William Raleigh, Duke of Trent, Earl of…

Chapter 3

Vivian stood in her dining room. She placed her hands…

Chapter 4

The dawn had brought rain to Penzance, but by the…

Chapter 5

Clement Hastings was a rather short, round man in his late…

Chapter 6

The pub gradually filled with the oncoming darkness. Most of…

Chapter 7

He knew just by being in her presence that Vivian…

Chapter 8

"Mr. Clement Hastings is here, your grace. He says it’s important."

Chapter 9

Vivian sat as daintily as possible in the hot humid…

Chapter 10

She’d had enough of being used.

Chapter 11

Clement Hastings lowered his body into his usual chair of choice…

Chapter 12

If only the intimacy of married life had been so…

Chapter 13

Wilson had said she’d find his grace on the beach,…

Chapter 14

Lady Elinor Chester took a long, deep breath then walked sensually…

Chapter 15

Stretching out on his cool, cotton sheets, Will stared at…

Chapter 16

"His grace, the Duke of Trent, is here to see…

Chapter 17

Will remained standing on her porch for several long moments,…

Chapter 18

Darkness of night had arrived in brutal slowness. After the…

Chapter 19

"What the devil happened to the light?”

Chapter 20

He banged on the tall front door at the main…

Chapter 21

Vivian lay on her side on top of the tiny…

Chapter 22

Vivian had yet to regain consciousness, and it terrified him…

Chapter 23

Vivian felt as if she were living in a daze.

Chapter 24

"I need you…”

Chapter 25

Vivian stood in front of his full-length mirror and examined…

Chapter 26

The day so far had been irritating. After waking with…

Chapter 27

It was a glorious day for a wedding.

Epilogue

They sat together on a gorgeous fall day, side by…

 

Acknowledgments

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