A Gentleman Never Tells: The sexy, steamy and utterly page-turning new regency romance from the million-copy bestselling author (Belmore Square)

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I bought Sadie a house, and we live there, Adrian had said casually. When she frowned in confusion, he had added impatiently, " Sadie. Didn’t your father tell you her name?" Who does the butchering now?” Lizzie asked, deciding to take a walk to the village and see this interesting musical event herself.

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Why would she visit the father who had turned her away when she ran to him in desperation? The father who had known precisely what a disaster her marriage would be, but didn’t bother to warn her? Her hand crept toward her book. It wasn’t the most interesting novel in the world, but it had the inexpressible charm of being new. I would prefer to take supper on a tray.” Lizzie didn’t look up from her book, because meeting her sister’s eyes would only encourage her.Who does the butchering now? Lizzie asked, instantly deciding to take a walk to the village and see this interesting musical event herself. Do you know the tell-tale signs that she is falling for you? Learn more how to spot the signals she is sending you. It wasn’t her sister’s fault. It wasn’t anyone’s fault except for her late husband’s, and he was definitely late—­i.e., dead.

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We might begin with the fact that you were never in love with Adrian. Cat began walking around the bedchamber, waving her hands as she waxed eloquent about her late brother-­in-­law’s flaws. What the bloody hell are you doing?’ I blurt, practically lunging for his leg to save him from falling to the cutting stones. Of course, I miss it, for the man moves fast, and I look out of the window, turning my head to see up onto the roof. I couldn’t do that,” Cat said, in a sudden digression. “Mr. Lyddle has developed a most unfortunate addiction to strong ale, and he’s regularly found lying about in the gutter singing, rather than butchering meat.” It means that I never again need put myself under the control of a man—­ any man. So, no, I have no interest in joining you at dinner. I know perfectly well that Lord Dimble-­Dumble has been summoned to audition as my next husband. I don’t want him. I’d be more likely to come to dinner if you had invited the butcher."Lizzie didn’t want the truth. In fact, she felt such a stab of anger that she had to fold her lips tightly together or she would scream at Cat. Eloisa James is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. Visit her at www.eloisajames.com. –This text refers to the mass_market edition. I know you feel ashamed to be in company, her sister continued, energetically digging her own grave, as far as Lizzie was concerned. Unfortunately, most ­people are aware the circumstances of your marriage, not to mention the fact that Adrian was so imprudent as to die away from home. I WOULD PREFER to take supper on a tray. Lizzie didn’t look up from her book, because meeting her sister’s eyes would only encourage her. Showing masterly control, Lizzie didn’t roll her eyes. A wife has no true possessions, she said flatly. Under the law, they belong to her husband and Perdita was, therefore, transferred to the heir.

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Or anywhere else, to tell the truth. Reading in a peaceful garden was an excellent way to take fresh air. Speaking of bars, I was sitting in one, close to a loud, ‘bro’ group of friends. Can you guess what they were sharing with pretty much anyone in the place with a functioning set of ears? You guessed right — ‘getting some strange.’ And we aren’t talking just a couple of high fives here.”Adrian had unemotionally laid out the terms of her marriage. It seemed her father had paid a great deal of money to buy his daughter the title of Lady Troutt. For his part, Adrian had wed her for her dowry, and because he needed someone to care for his mother.