The Heart of a Duke
“This necklace shall lead to the heart of a duke.
Her stomach fluttered. Well, she was about to put the gypsy’s prophecy to the test. That is, if the Duke of Langley exited the card room before her sister realized she was missing from the ball.
A creak outside the dark sitting room where Valera was hiding sent her scrambling to check the corridor. No one was there, yet again.
“This is madness,” she grumbled and sank against the wall. The duke could be in there all night.
She was tempted to aband...on her post and scurry back to her place among the wallflowers, but the memory of her older sister’s cutting remark about Papa having wasted money on her coming out made her fingers tighten on the locket.
Valera wasn’t the prettiest debutante. Nor did she have the largest dowry. Her family wasn’t even among the most influential in England. But she had something better.
She had magic.
And she was going to need it if she planned to marry the most sought-after bachelor in Town and make her Papa proud.MoreLess
Her stomach fluttered. Well, she was about to put the gypsy’s prophecy to the test. That is, if the Duke of Langley exited the card room before her sister realized she was missing from the ball.
A creak outside the dark sitting room where Valera was hiding sent her scrambling to check the corridor. No one was there, yet again.
“This is madness,” she grumbled and sank against the wall. The duke could be in there all night.
She was tempted to aband...on her post and scurry back to her place among the wallflowers, but the memory of her older sister’s cutting remark about Papa having wasted money on her coming out made her fingers tighten on the locket.
Valera wasn’t the prettiest debutante. Nor did she have the largest dowry. Her family wasn’t even among the most influential in England. But she had something better.
She had magic.
And she was going to need it if she planned to marry the most sought-after bachelor in Town and make her Papa proud.MoreLess
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