Along Came Tess (DIAMONDS OF LONDON #6) by Sandra Sookoo EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Status: Available for Free Download
- Authors: Sandra Sookoo
- Language: English
- Genre: Historical Romance
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 2 MB
- Price: Free
May 15, 1818
The Albany
Mayfair, London
Professor Jameson Ridley arranged a few stalks of daffodils in an
elaborate Roman-style vase, turning the pottery this way and that so the
blooms would catch the best light. It wasn’t ideal here in the drawing room
of his set in the building, but it was a fat lot better than his office at
Cambridge University, which only hosted a few narrow windows that didn’t
really let in much workable light for his plants and blooms.
advertisement ( ads )
--- --- --- --- ---
“Why are you here, Niall? Other than to stare at me without speaking?”
Not that he minded a visit from his best friend, but if he wasn’t going to
contribute to conversation or provide anything more tantalizing than
commentaries of the weather or gossip about Town, he needed to go. “It is
certainly not to help categorize flowers.” Even if these specimens were easy
enough. “In the event you wondered, these are daffodils, or rather narcissus,
in the amaryllidaceae family.”
“Truly, I didn’t wonder. A flower is a flower. I don’t need to struggle to
remember my Latin, thank you.” The other man chuckled and brushed a
piece of lint from his jacket of bottle green superfine. “You should refer to
me by my title, Professor, especially since you aren’t a member of the beau
monde.” Niall Declan Cosgrove, half Irish on his mother’s side and with
more than enough of the same origins from his father’s side to give him
reddish brown hair, moss green eyes, and a bit of a temper, and a fantastic
lilt when he was in a jovial—or drunken—mood, he was more formally
known in society as the Earl of Wexington, as well as Viscount Doneraile
and Baron Kilmayden, the last two both of Irish origin.
What was this, then? James glanced at his best friend since Eton days,
and grinned. “Ordinarily, you would be correct. However, I have known
you since we were boys and have more than enough scandals and secrets on
you that exempts me from following protocol.” He shot the other man what
felt like a cheeky grin. “Now then, Niall, why the devil are you here? We’re
not scheduled for dinner at the club for another handful of hours.”
“No need to come the crab, man.” The way he could infuse the Irish lilt
into his voice or not depending on his mood had always fascinated
Jameson. “My family and I intend to spend the summer on my estate in
Ireland. Should be glorious weather and a needed removal from the grime
here in London. We should return to Town by the end of October for the
meaty part of Parliament. Not that I care so much for that.” Niall shrugged.
“I want you to come with us. Plenty of fishing and hunting and hiking.”
Jameson huffed. “I’m busy.”
“There will be loads of flora for you to bury yourself in,” the other man
said with a sly grin, the same one he’d employed in their boyhood before
getting into scrapes and trouble.
For More Read Download This Book
EPUB
advertisement ( ads )
-------------
