ISBN: 9780373305193

"What an extraordinary coincidence!" William Pemberton raised his distinguished head at his sweet wife's acid tone. Blue eyes that had been solemnly contemplating the brandy warming wi… More...

"What an extraordinary coincidence!" William Pemberton raised his distinguished head at his sweet wife's acid tone. Blue eyes that had been solemnly contemplating the brandy warming within his broad palm now met a glass-sharp gaze. It was a glancing contact, for her attention was already slicing past his shoulder. "Your old friend is again socialising with us, William. Suddenly we appear to share many mutual acquaintances with Lady Bingham. She looks a little disappointed Ah, but she has now spotted you and looks far less glum." "June" William's weary sigh accompanied his wife's name. June Pemberton bestowed on her husband a fleeting, bright smile. "I shall not hamper your fond reminiscences this time, I promise. I was about to find my sisters, in any case." June made to sweep away, her ivory skirts held in fingers so tightly clenched the delicate silk was imperilled. "I have had enough of this interminable innuendo," William gritted with a fierce azure look at his spouse from beneath heavy lashes. An unusually masterful hand on the soft skin of her arm stayed her. "Accuse me or have done!" "Accuse you? Of what, pray?"June countered, her complexion becomingly flushed. She was already regretting revealing that the elegant brunette, who had just entered the Cleggs" ballroom, had unsettled her to such a degree. Three times this week they had socialised. Three times Lady Constance Bingham had arrived shortly after they did, and on each occasion the pretty dowager had contrived at some point in the evening to corner William, in order to engage him in quite an intimate and cosy chat about the old days when once they had been close . And what worried June was she had recently discovered that once, indeed, they had been close. In the previous few months Constance Bingham had limited her interest in William to lingering looks when their carriages passed on an afternoon drive, or a coquettish glance when they found themselves browsing the same parade of shops. In those early days, an arch comment from June congratulating her husband on his new allure had rendered him amused, then thoughtful, then murmuring that he believed she must be mistaken over it all. He had reminded her of his reputation as rather a dull fellow. She must look to her dashing brothers-in-law for gentlemen cast creditably in the role of gallant, he had told her with a wry grin that melted her heart. Thus, initially, she had felt an amount of pride that her William was drawing the attention of such a well-connected society lady. But that was a month or more ago and Lady Bingham's interest was becoming insistent enough for others to notice and remark upon it. Not within June's hearing, of course; she was well aware that conversations sometimes dwindled on her arrival in an elegant drawing room. Recently she had been on the point of demanding to know whether she was invisible, so blatantly had Lady Bingham been flirting with h Fiction Fiction eBook, Harlequin<

ISBN: 9780373305193

Marriage under fire William and June Pemberton have been happily married for three yearsbut the longer they go on without June's conceiving, the more concerned she becomes. Especially s… More...

Marriage under fire William and June Pemberton have been happily married for three yearsbut the longer they go on without June's conceiving, the more concerned she becomes. Especially since William's old flame is now free to marry again and, according to his mother, would make him much the better wife. And then a handsome charmer turns his attentions to June. Pushed apart by jealousy, William and June must fight to keep their marriage alive. Sometimes, it seems, their mutual passion is all that holds them together. Fiction Fiction eBook, Harlequin<