I've never believed in Love.
To me, it didn't exist.
Sure I was fascinated and intrigued by romance novels but that's all it was to me,a story, Fiction.
Love didn't exist beyond the pages of a hardback novel.
I had seen it countless times with all members of society.
They called it love, I called it temporary infatuation.
Never had I witnessed a truly happy couple amongst the peerage.
All marriages were conducted as if it were a business arrangement, including that of my parents.
I suppose my own marriage started off in a similar way, as a business arrangement that is.
Don't misjudged me, I knew that when I was to marry it wouldn't be for "love", rather I hoped it would be with a good companion, a friend who would always stick by me. But that, sadly, was not meant to be.
At least that's what I thought...
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Deathly Defiance
Historical FictionElizabeth Amelia Hurston,daughter of the duke of Buckingham makes the shocking discovery that her father has practically engaged her to the Handsomely devilish rake, the Duke of Somerset. After an unusual first meeting and a series of hilarious en...
