![]() ![]() ![]() She suddenly knew that he was, and he had the good grace at least to appear remorseful. His hat was pulled firmly down and his collar was up, and the small doorway in which they stood sheltered them from any recognition. The thick wool of his cloak effectively blocked all else out. There was a scratch that went from one eye to his ear, and a bruise was swelling fast on his cheek.Ī group of women were passing them now, and he tipped his head towards her as though to listen more carefully to what she was saying. He had eyes the colour of wet autumn leaves and his face was one of a fighter. Such entreaty held the sort of desperation that Ariana Dalrymple could not fail to hear and she observed him more closely. ‘If you could acknowledge me but for a moment, madam, I would be most grateful.’ Her tone was sharp, the shock of his closeness telling, but the man before her only smiled. ![]() ![]() Mills & Boon Historical - Your romantic escape to the past.Ī stranger dressed completely in black blocked her in the doorway, his height dimming the light of a crisp early December morning. In Sophia James’s Christmas With The Earl, usually composed Ariana burns up like a Christmas candle at the infamous Earl of Norwich’s touch! ‘You shall go to the ball!’ … with these three Christmas Cinderella stories! ![]()
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