A Scarred Duke takes a Bride (SECRETS AND PASSIONS OF HIGH SOCIETY) by Daphne Pierce EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Daphne Pierce
- Language: English
- Genre: Historical Romance
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Lady Emmaline Moreau had always had a head for business—her father
had made certain of that—but this latest deal had her most concerned.
Having been the one to hear the whispers of a large ship that would be
traveling from India with a great deal of valuable cargo on board, Emmaline
had suggested their investment to her father.
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And having done such a good job of educating her, he trusted her—or
perhaps trusted himself—in making the investment that might well be the
very thing to see her and her closest stepsister reach the ultimate prize. An
advantageous marriage that would see them safe for the rest of their lives.
But the trip from England to India and back again was a mighty long time
by ship and Emmaline chomped at the bit so hard she thought her teeth
might break.
Much to her stepmother’s disappointment, she had bitten down her
fingernails to nubs in anticipating the outcome of her investment.
The burden lay heavily upon her. It had most decidedly been her father’s
wealth and good name placed upon the line, for as an unmarried lady she
had nothing to invest. But it was she who had found the opportunity and
suggested it to her father. She who had encouraged him to stake his wealth.
If there were to be failure and shame, they would be her own, though their
entire family would pay the price for it, and with four step-siblings, and
four half-siblings, it would be a high price to pay indeed.
And so, each and every morning, Emmaline found herself outside the giant
oaken door of her father’s study, lingering in the shadows and unsure of
whether or not to disturb him.
“Emm, are you coming to breakfast?” Jane, her younger yet closest
stepsister by only eight months, called from the far end of the hallway. She
stood close by the door that led to the breakfast room, radiant in a patch of
sunlight that shone through the window close by. Oh, how beautiful she was
and yet nobody would see her beauty if Emmaline’s investment failed. All
they would see was the family’s ruin.
Emmaline gulped hard.
“I shall be there shortly,” she called back, straightening up. Clearly her
hiding in the shadows hadn’t been successful. Perhaps it was best to hold
her head high and get on with it. “I must speak with Papa first.”
Jane looked at her with that same look her own mother gave Emmaline, the
one that said they were worried yet supportive.
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