By Laura Lee Guhrke
As soon as Upon a Time . . . Maria Martingale was once going to elope. yet Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, positioned a cease to these plans whilst he realized his more youthful brother meant to marry a cook's daughter. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that the guy who holds her destiny in his arms is none except the haughty gentleman who despatched her packing—and he is as good-looking and boastful as ever. fortunately Ever After? continuously the correct gentleman, Phillip will do whatever to guard his kin from scandal, and whilst Maria dares to maneuver in correct round the corner, he is familiar with scandal would definitely stick with. She is as tempting as he remembered . . . and the extra he sees her, the tougher it's for Phillip to maintain his personal mystery hope for her a mystery . . .
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Pretty damsels, particularly those in distress, could play him like a fine violin. And Maria could be a very convincing damsel in distress. He couldn‘t fault her strategy, however, for it seemed to be working. ―She‘s all alone in the world,‖ Lawrence reminded him and frowned. ‖ The accusation stung, and he stiffened. ‖ ―Oh, yes, you are. You should have seen her face when she was telling me about that bakery. So happy, she was lit up like a candle. And you intend to deliberately evict her. It‘s cruel, Phillip, and I can‘t let you do it.
The remodeling of my home and the news of Lawrence‘s return from New York have been exhaustively reported in all the society papers. ‖ Before he could respond to that, she went on, ―I found out that Lawrence was in London only a few hours after I saw you. The Duchess of St. ‖ Her mention that her best friend was a duchess didn‘t seem to impress him. His eyes narrowed. ‖ ―And give up prime frontage on Piccadilly? ‖ ―So that is your only design in settling here? ‖ ―A pâtisserie,‖ she corrected.
Phillip thought of all the debts he‘d inherited upon his father‘s death and all the work he‘d done to rid the family of that burden. Gentleman or not, he‘d been forced to become a man of business. He‘d never had a choice. ‖ ―If your brother were to marry Cynthia, he would need to be an exception, too. Every man needs an occupation, my lord. It isn‘t good for a man to be idle, and I don‘t care what your British gentlemen usually do. When Lawrence first asked my permission to court my daughter nine months ago, I explained that I would not have Cynthia marrying some good-for-nothing who doesn‘t know the meaning of work.
