by Jane Charles
John through his hands up defensively. “I certainly don’t know how.”
“My first priority after marrying her will be to hire servants.”
“I hope that isn’t your first priority,” Jordan clapped him on the back as he walked by. “I know what mine would be.”
Matthew laughed. Leave it to Jordan to focus on the intimate side of marriage.
“Did you write Clay and Rose,” John asked.
“Yes, but I knew neither one would have time to make the trip.”
“Rose is going to be furious with you for missing the wedding,” Jordan insisted.
“She still won’t let me forget and it has been almost a year,” John grumbled. He looked up and met Matthew’s eyes. “Did you tell Grace about Adele and Julia?”
His stomach tightened. He had completely forgotten. Though he had plenty of opportunity, it never entered his mind. “No. Do you think she will be angry?” He took a step toward John. “Should I tell her before we wed so she has a chance to back out?”
Jordan chuckled. “Her uncle was Stillwaite and I am sure once Grace understands the circumstances, she will not hold this against you.”
“Still, she should know.”
“And you will tell her, later,” Jordan insisted as he turned and walked to the front of the church. He returned a moment later. “Your bride has arrived.”
Matthew’s pulse increased and his palms began to sweat. He hadn’t been this nervous giving his first sermon.
“Shall we?” John stood by the open side door. Matthew stepped inside and made his way to the front of the church and took up his place by Vicar Whitton. He had been visiting His Grace when Elizabeth wrote of the news and offered his services to perform the ceremony since the village was currently without a vicar and even if they weren’t, Matthew couldn’t have very well performed his own ceremony. The special license Lord Crew had been able to obtain arrived a day earlier. Matthew had fretted, fearing it wouldn’t arrive in time, but it had. Now all he had to do was wait for his bride.
The doors opened and she stepped inside and just as it had been the first Sunday, her smile lit the room and all his thoughts fled with the exception of how much he loved her.
More titles from Jane Charles
A Gentleman’s Guide to Once Upon a Time Series
His Impetuous Debutante His Contrary Bride
His (Not so) Sensible Miss
The Wiggons’ School for Elegant Young Ladies Series
To Walk in the Sun
To Love a Governess Series Sacked – Regency Short Handfasted – Regency Novella Ruined – Regency Short
Anthologies
A Summons from His Grace – Compromised for Christmas
The Betting Season – Landing a Laird
A Season to Remember – Devil in Her Dreams
*All three of the Novellas appear in one Compilation
Scots, Spies & Salacious Lies - November, 2012
The Tenacious Trents
A Misguided Lord
A Perfect Gentleman
A Lass for Christmas (Novella) – December, 2012
About Jane
Jane Charles has lived in the Midwest her entire life. As a child she would more likely be found outside with a baseball than a book in her hand. In fact, Jane hated reading until she was sixteen. Out of boredom on a long road trip she borrowed her older sister’s historical romance and fell in love. She long ago lost count of how many fiction novels she has read over the years and her love for them never died. Along with romance she has a passion for history and the two soon combined when she penned her first historical romance. What turned into a hobby became a passion, which has been fully supported by her husband, three children and three cats.
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