![]() ![]() He’d tried to eat the succulent foods Aunt Edith had gone to such efforts to have prepared, but his anger made everything dry as chalk and every bit as tasteless. His wife hadn’t taken more than a dozen bites nor said as many words. The twelve courses at dinner had been tortuous. He wished others would take to the floor, so he could dispense with the devoted bridegroom facade. ![]() He felt like a curiosity on display at Bullock’s Museum. Stealing a glance at the smiling and nodding onlookers, he suppressed a frown. Ian deftly twirled Vangie around his aunt’s smallish ballroom, mindful of the interested eyes watching them. ![]() Look for a review from me within the next month or two. I am featuring one of the portions that I read recently. Only by trusting each other can they overcome scandal and murderous betrayal.Īs a side note, I am in the middle of reading this book. Ian’s the last in his line, and his stepmother intends to dispose of the newlyweds so her daughter can inherit his estate. He pursues her to the gypsy encampment, and when the handsome gypsy king offers to take Ian’s place in Vangie’s bed, jealousy stirs hot and dangerous.Īt last, under a balmy starlit sky, Ian and Vangie breech the chasm separating them. When Vangie learns the marriage ceremony itself may have been a ruse, she flees to her gypsy relatives, declaring herself divorced from Ian under Romani law. ![]()
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