Duke of Ruin (THE FOUR DUKES #2) by Violet Hamers EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Violet Hamers
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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“Lydia, you either need to calm down or get out of the carriage,”
Barbara, the twenty-three-year-old daughter of the Earl of Mauntell,
stated, a sneer on her cupid’s bow lips.
“I am just saying that this is preposterous,” Lydia hissed, waving a
beautifully gloved hand toward her. “Do you have any idea what could
happen to you if you are found out?”
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“If the police are to find me out, I shall simply say I am walking home from
performing a play and was too tired to take off my costume before the
journey home,” Barbara answered in an exhausted tone.
“Now, hold up the mirror again, I need to make sure my cravat is properly
tied,” she added, sitting on the edge of her carriage seat. “I hear this
gambling hell is quite posh, and if I can’t get in, I have no chance of finding
the owner and getting my father’s debts settled.”
“We may have only become friends as of late, Barbara, but I know enough
to surmise that you have let your father use you as a crutch for too long,”
Lydia shot back defiantly, keeping the mirror on her lap.
When she spoke again her voice came out low, firm—a warning.
“This is not just some debt from a bank or the Crown, Barbara. This is a
debt from an illegal gambling hell. They do not settle their unpaid debts in a
civilized manner. I know you are accustomed to cleaning up your father’s
messes, but this is too much of a sacrifice for you to make. Do you think I
am afraid of the law getting its hands on you? Oh, no, my darling, I am
afraid of a man getting his hands on you. A man who will see you as a
target, an invitation to ‘correct’ you because of your attire. You and I both
know this to be true.”
Barbara did indeed know this, and she hated that she held that knowledge. It
was one of the reasons she’d vowed to never marry—though her father had
benefited from that decision greatly as well. Men were, in essence, a threat,
and though they could be admired at times, they could never be trusted.
She felt the urge to be honest with her new friend, to open up about her
dirty little secret, but then she banished it immediately. The truth was, this
was not the first time Barbara had dressed up as a man, acting as her
father’s valet to settle other debts.
It was a task she’d had to take on years
ago, one she’d gotten rather good at. After she finished putting her costume
together, Lydia would see just how incredible transforming her character
could be
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