The Duke’s Secret Wife (2008)
The Duke’s Secret Wife
“Luis de Silva watched from the shadows as the small group strolled towards him. There were perhaps twelve or fifteen of them, of assorted ages and nationalities. About them there was the buzz of faint excitement and anticipation, and they were clearly oblivious to the chill of the early spring evening.
But it was the young woman in the middle of the group who caught and held Luis’s attention.
‘Isabella…’ The name hissed through his teeth on the instinctive indrawn breath he couldn’t con...trol.
It was two years since he had seen her but he would have recognised her anywhere. There was no mistaking the sleek, shining cap of blonde hair that gleamed silver in the moonlight. Her tall, slender figure was clothed in a dark velvet dress; green, he suspected, though the gathering shadows of evening made it impossible to tell for sure. Full length, and mediaeval in style, it had wide, silk-lined sleeves, falling almost to the ground from her fine-boned wrists.MoreLess
But it was the young woman in the middle of the group who caught and held Luis’s attention.
‘Isabella…’ The name hissed through his teeth on the instinctive indrawn breath he couldn’t con...trol.
It was two years since he had seen her but he would have recognised her anywhere. There was no mistaking the sleek, shining cap of blonde hair that gleamed silver in the moonlight. Her tall, slender figure was clothed in a dark velvet dress; green, he suspected, though the gathering shadows of evening made it impossible to tell for sure. Full length, and mediaeval in style, it had wide, silk-lined sleeves, falling almost to the ground from her fine-boned wrists.MoreLess
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