Blurb-Long:
For
over a year, Miss Gwendolyn Parkes and the Duke of Sowrith have corresponded.
At first an error, the letters quickly became something much more, a friendship
forged on like minds and perhaps the hope of something more…
When Gwen is compelled by her employer to
attend the duke at his Dartmoor estate, she is devastated to find her beloved
friend cold and imperious, even if he is the most handsome man she’s ever seen
– despite his scars.
Edward, Duke of Sowrith, has longed to
meet Gwen. Arranging her passage to his estate, he is tongue-tied when
confronted with her quiet beauty. All too aware of the twisted ruin of his
face, he allows fear to hold him silent…until Gwen’s safety is threatened.
Finally together, they grow closer until
it seems they can never again be apart – but can a commoner and a duke find a
happily ever after?
ABOUT THE BOOK
Book Title: SILK & SCARS
Book Series: The Silk Series Book 3
Publisher: Decadent Publishing Company, LLC
Published Date: TBA
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Sweet Romance, Early
Victorian Romance
Heat Rating: 2 – kissing, petting
Other books in the series:
SILK & SCANDAL (The Silk Series Book 1) - http://cassandradean.com/books/the-silk-series/silk-scandal/
SILK & SCORN (The Silk Series Book 2) - http://cassandradean.com/the-silk-series/silk-scorn
Excerpt
Crossing her arms over her
stomach, Gwen leaned forward, pressing deep. Good heavens, she was nervous, and
excited, and nervous. She was going
to meet Edward. One moment soon, he was going to open that door and she
would see him. She would see the man she’d corresponded with for over a year,
to whom she’d expressed every thought, and who had expressed his to her. It did
not matter that he was a duke, so far above her in consequence as to be
laughable. He was her friend, and at last they would meet.
Foot tapping wildly, she
leaned her head back against the wall. This was all so ridiculous. She was ridiculous, to have this
unbridled excitement rioting through her. Exhaling, she caught the stare of the
gargoyle. The gargoyle knew how ridiculous her thoughts. Its stone features
laughed at her, and in a fit of pique, she poked her tongue out.
The study door opened. Leaping
to her feet, she swayed as the blood rushed from her head.
Lord Beecham appeared in the
door way and, eyes lighting upon her, he crooked a finger. “Miss Parkes. Come.”
Heart beating a rapid tattoo,
she bent to grip the handle of her carpet bag. Lord Beecham had abandoned the
door by the time she had gathered herself enough to approach, the worn wooden
handle of the bag pressing deep into her palm.
Passing through the door, Gwen
stopped and, jaw slack, she looked about the chamber. The room was huge,
cavernous even, and dark. So dark. Lit only by the flame of the massive
fireplace dominating one wall and the wan flicker of a lamp seated on the
enormous desk, the light picked up rows upon rows of books while heavy drapes
of an unidentifiable fabric covered what she could only presume were windows.
The floor was the same stone as the hall, the only carpet appearing before the
fire under the clawed feet of a large armchair.
Her gaze returned to the
fireplace. A man stood before it, his back to her, right hand held by his left.
Her heart, already racing,
started a wild thud against her ribs. That was him. The duke. Edward.
He did not turn, though she
willed him to. Willed him to turn, so she could utter that most important of
phrases, the one she’d longed to say for an age now.
Hello,
Edward.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cassandra Dean is a best-selling,
multi-published author of historical and fantasy romance. Her latest novel, SLUMBER, is part of Decadent Publishing’s Beyond
Fairytales and features Cassandra’s take on Sleeping Beauty. Her next novel, SILK & SCARS, is part of her popular Silk Series,
featuring Victorian Era lawyers and their happily ever after.
Cassandra is proud to call South Australia
her home, where she regularly cheers on her AFL football team and creates her
next tale.
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