Lady Be Good (RULES FOR THE RECKLESS #3) by Meredith Duran EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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April 1886
There was room for only one thief in this ballroom. Yet a newcomer had
slipped past the guards and was attempting to pickpocket the crowd.
Lilah watched with increasing dismay. Dukes and princes vied for
invitations to the annual ball at Everleigh’s Auction Rooms. It seemed
impossible that a ragamuffin could infiltrate their company. Yet this urchin
did not belong. She was pale, underfed, and poorly dressed. The sleeves of
her gown flapped around her elbows.
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Worse, she had hands like hams. Her mark felt her brush against him,
then politely sidestepped before she could take his watch.
Lilah winced. In a second, some well-heeled guest would cry for the
police. That would ruin everything, for Lilah could not afford police on the
premises tonight.
Tonight, for the last time, Lilah must be the thief in this ballroom.
“What do you say, Lil?”
Forcing a smile, Lilah turned back to her friends. Like her, Susie and
Lavender were Everleigh Girls, professional hostesses paid to flatter and
cosset potential clients of the auction house. Their evening’s task was
straightforward: to direct the guests’ attention and curiosity toward the
salons adjoining the ballroom, which contained various collections bound
for auction this season.
But while each of the girls had been given a list of guests to focus upon,
Susie and Lavender had wasted the last five minutes locked in argument
about somebody else—a celebrity important enough to be attended by Miss
Everleigh rather than the hostesses.
They stared at Lilah, waiting for her to settle the debate.
But she had no opinion about Viscount Palmer. “I can see both
perspectives,” she said.
Susie flushed. “What? Nonsense! Everybody knows he was tortured in
the war. Where else did he get that scar?” She shoved a dark curl back
under her feathered headpiece, the gesture aggressive. “You can’t imagine
the Russians are merciful to their enemies.”
Lavender, to whom this challenge was directed, lifted her shoulder in an
elegant shrug. “Not all Russians are savages. Count Obolensky, for
instance, seems very gentlemanly. Oh dear—weren’t you supposed to
corner him, Sue?”
Susie gasped, then cast a wild look around the room. “Drat it! He was
the last on my list—I was meant to show him the samovars. I’ll be dead if
I’ve lost him!”
Lavender gave Lilah a smug look. “Never let them go until they’ve seen
the goods,” she said. “I finished with my list before supper was laid. And
now . . .” She idly flipped through her dance cards, then wrinkled her nose.
“Pah! That dratted German has claimed all my waltzes. Quick, who has a
pencil? I’m scratching him out.”
“Forget your German!” Susie turned full circle, her plum silk train
knocking into Lilah’s. “Help me find Obolensky. Do you see him?”
Lilah saw worse: the thief had grown bolder. She had abandoned the
wall and was making a dash toward the exhibits. “I’ll check the salons,
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