Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Author: Georgette Heyer Listening Length: 9h 5m
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Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs. When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by. To save Sophia’s reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister’s place – and once the Marquis sees through her di...

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EIGHT

MISS CHALLONER HAD PLEADED fatigue, but it was long before she slept. Her desperate problem leered at her half through the night, and it was not until she had reached some sort of decision that she could achieve slumber.

She was so shocked to realise that for a few breathless moments she had forgotten Sophia in a brief vision of herself wedded to his lordship. ‘So that’s the truth, is it?’ said Miss Challoner severely to herself. ‘You are in love with him, and you’ve known it for weeks.’

But it was not a notorious Marquis with whom she had fallen in love; it was with the wild, sulky, unmanageable boy that she saw behind the rake.