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BOOK: His Shadowed Heart ((Books We Love Regency Romance))
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Caroline entered, she was still dressed for the street, but at sight of her sister-in-law, she threw off her bonnet and came quickly forward. “Forgive me, Victoria,” she said
, kissing the proffered cheek. “I had not expected you until later,” and casting her sister-in-law a meaningful look, “I have been to the milliners.”

“And did you find anything suitable?” asked Victoria.

“Oh, yes, eminently suitable, though I am to have a creation especially made, so it will take a little while.”

“If your talk is to be of bonnets and bows, my love, I will retire to my office,” said the earl, smiling, and rising he pressed a caress on his wife’s brow before turning to leave the room. At an al
most imperceptible movement of his hand, Dog rose and followed obediently, watching his face with adoring eyes.

As the door closed behind them, Victoria sprang from her seat and threw her arms about Caroline. “He doesn’t know? He doesn’t even suspect?” she queried joyously.

“No, that’s the very best of it,” smiled Caroline, drawing her to sit beside her on the couch. “I dared not give the slightest hint for fear I could be wrong. You must be aware that it is what we have long desired. It will be a child that is truly Richard’s.”

“When can we expect the new arrival?” breathed Victoria.

“Dr. Leigh thinks late spring!”

“Richard can’t understand your desire for the house to be finished,” chuckled Victoria. “He doesn’t know that you’re nest building. When will you tell him?”

“This evening, after supper, when we are quite alone,” replied Caroline with a secret smile.

 

 

 

About the Author

 

Hazel Statham began writing at the age of fifteen, finally committing to paper the stories she spun as a child. Writing has been her passion ever since, although marriage, motherhood, and career left time for little else. Once she retired, however, she was able to devote herself to writing full-time, publishing her first novel in 2007. A longtime student of history, she writes mainly in the Regency and Georgian eras, though she has been known to dabble in the medieval as well. She lives in Staffordshire, England, with her husband, Terry, and their beloved yellow Labrador, Mollie.

 

Website: www.hazel-statham.co.uk

Blog: http://hazel-statham.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hazel.statham.1

 

 

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