The Lady By His Side
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A marquess in need of the right bride. An earls daughter in search of a purpose. A betrayal that ends in murder and balloons into a threat to the realm. Sebastian Cynster knows time is running out. If he doesnt choose a wife soon, his female relatives will line up to assist him. Yet the current debutantes do not appeal. Where is he to find the right lady to be his marchioness? Then Drake Varisey, eldest son of the Duke of Wolverstone, asks for Sebastians aid. Having assumed his fathers mantle in protecting queen and country, Drake must go to Ireland in pursuit of a dangerous plot. But hes received an urgent missive from Lord Ennis, an Irish peer-Ennis has heard something Drake needs to know. Ennis insists Drake attends an upcoming house party at Enniss Kent estate so Ennis can reveal his information face-to-face. Sebastian has assisted Drake before and, long ago, had a liaison with Lady Ennis. Drake insists Sebastian is just the man to be Drakes surrogate at the house party-the guests will imagine all manner of possibilities and be blind to Sebastians true purpose. Unsurprisingly, Sebastian is reluctant, but Drakes need is real. With only more debutantes on his horizon, Sebastian allows himself to be persuaded. His first task is to inveigle Antonia Rawlings, a lady he has known all her life, to include him as her escort to the house party. Although hes seen little of Antonia in recent years, Sebastian is confident of gaining her support. Eldest daughter of the Earl of Chillingworth, Antonia has abandoned the search for a husband and plans to use the week of the house party to decide what to do with her life. There has to be some purpose, some role, she can claim for her own. Consequently, on hearing Sebastians request and an explanation of what lies behind it, she seizes on the call to action. Suppressing her senses idiotic reaction to Sebastians nearness, she agrees to be his partner-in-intrigue. But while joining the hous
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