by Amanda Scott
She looked up at him. “You may call marriage a punishment, sir, though I know you meant it in jest, but Cousin Amelia is quite right, and if it weren’t for the fact that I must face Avery tomorrow, I should feel as though I’d done something clever. Still, I wish he weren’t—”
“I shall deal with Avery as well as Abigail,” he said firmly. “I think the simplest method would be to allow him to announce his own betrothal when we announce ours. Do you agree?” When her eyes lit, he made himself look stern again. “Don’t think you are getting off scot-free, however. Tomorrow morning, as early as you can manage it, you are going to present yourself in Grosvenor Square to make an abject apology to Lady Henrietta.”
“Oh, I will, I will,” she promised.
“On your knees, I think,” he added with a teasing grin. “That would make a nice touch.”
“If you think I should, I will even do that,” she agreed, smiling at him. “And I shall thank her, too, for understanding things I didn’t even understand myself until tonight.”
Landover nodded. “There is one other thing, love,” he added, looking quite stern again. “If you should ever do such a corkbrained thing again, to anyone, I can safely promise you won’t sit for a week. Do you understand me, Gillian?”
“Oh yes, sir.” She looked up at him shyly, then as his expression warmed, her eyes began to twinkle, and she flung herself into his willing arms. “You may coerce me and scold me and no doubt use me abominably, but oh, my lord, it will be lovely to be a wealthy marchioness!”
Landover chuckled appreciatively, but a few moments later, the sound had changed to a low moan deep in his throat, and he could be heard directing a rueful curse at the waiting Mrs. Periwinkle.
About the Author
A fourth-generation Californian of Scottish descent, Amanda Scott is the author of more than fifty romantic novels, many of which appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. Her Scottish heritage and love of history (she received undergraduate and graduate degrees in history at Mills College and California State University, San Jose, respectively) inspired her to write historical fiction. Credited by Library Journal with starting the Scottish romance subgenre, Scott has also won acclaim for her sparkling Regency romances. She is the recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award (for Lord Abberley’s Nemesis, 1986) and the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award. She lives in central California with her husband.
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