Ice and Embers (Regency Redezvous Book 10)
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“Thank you.” For a few minutes, she held Ernest’s stare, and so many emotions invested his countenance.
“You rang, sir?” A very proper butler bowed.
“Ah, there you are, Crawford.” Ernest tucked her at his side. “Miss Graham and I will take tea, scones, and some strawberry preserves, in the back parlor.”
So he remembered her partialities.
“Yes, my lord.” Crawford nodded once.
Again, silence fell on the foyer, and she wondered if she should have stayed in Kent.
At last, Ernest dragged Henrietta down the narrow corridor, to the rear of the grand residence. In the lush appointed but comfortable gathering place, he hauled her to the center of the room, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her.
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Melanie Karsak is the author of The Airship Racing Chronicles, The Harvesting Series, The Celtic Blood Series, and the Steampunk Fairy Tales Series. A steampunk connoisseur, zombie whisperer, and heir to the iron throne, the author currently lives in Florida with her husband and two children. She is an Instructor of English at Eastern Florida State College.
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