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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HIS LORDSHIP’S REMARKS to Miss Challoner on the impropriety and folly of addressing strangers in French inns were caustic and denunciatory, but had no visible effect upon the lady.

She continued to eat her dinner, lending no more than a polite ear to his homily, and appeared to consider Mr Comyn’s inability to speak French an adequate excuse.

My lord speedily undeceived her. ‘You do not seem to me to comprehend the extreme delicacy of your situation,’ he said.