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"I will not be your mistress." She spoke, whispering, with her mouth a sigh away from his.
He swallowed hard and nodded, agreeing with her even as he closed the distance between them, kissing her to madness, leaving nothing to sanity.

Bethany Fitzgerald hated the very idea of marriage and stood against it with everything she was.
Charles de Norcrosse had to marry the insufferable Lady Cossington, for it was the will of his late father and he must abide by it.
But when fate moved in favour of the Duke of Carlisle and the daughter of an impoverished Land Baron, very little can be done to fight against it.

(Loving Her Duke is the first book of the British Blood Trilogy. Second is Hating Her King.)

LOVING HER DUKE

Carlisle walked out of the room and Alexander was following after him, seeming eager to see the man who was waiting, but Brand wished to speak to him and that he must do. He hurried after him.

"Edmund." Alexander called his man.

"Alexander!" Brand called. Edmund came to him as he turned to answer his name. "I must speak with you, now." Alexander opened his hands in askance and he replied. "It is important."

Edmund began to exit the room. "He will wait a bit more."

"No." Alexander countered. "Send him in. He can wait, but I am too eager to."

As he left, Alexander returned to the room, planting himself again where he had sat before. "All is well, I presume?"

Brand walked to stand before him, consciously blinking his left eye with the right. "I met with Lord Denney again, or rather he met with me. He was waiting for me as soon as my ship docked."

Alexander scoffed. "He is quite persistent."

Lifelong Dedication