The Forbidden Valentine_Lady Eleanor Hawthorne_Regency Romance Novel
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If only the words had not also been immortalized in her father’s will, an irrefutable document that sealed her fate. Still she clung to the hope that The Earl’s solicitors may yet find some way to twist the will to her favor, a loophole to slip through.
Julia had given the matter considerable thought. It was not as though she did not wish to honor her father’s dying wish, but the terms of the arrangement were entirely unfair, and she knew that if she had had but a moment to confer with him, her father would have changed the conditions. If her prayer could be answered, she would have asked, for just five more minutes with her father, but if that prayer would be so granted, she was sure she would not have used those precious moments to speak of her marriage.
She loved her father, and missed him terribly. Melancholy filled her. She sighed, uncertain how to proceed. Her father had always taken care of such things for her, and although she had her sister to help her, Julia still felt bereft without their father. It was not her sister’s responsibility. Nor was it the responsibility of her sister’s husband, The Earl. She needed someone of her own. Julia wanted a husband, just not Godwin Gruger.
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Continue reading about Miss Georgette Quinby and The Duke of Eversley in
The Baron in Bath ~ Miss Julia Bellevue
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