“Just like a knight in shining armor!” she said soulfully, twinkling up at him. “And to think Rory had quite convinced me that you hadn’t got a romantic bone in your body!”
“I haven’t!” he denied, revolted.
“Fiddlesticks. But you needn’t repine. I shan’t tell a soul. ’Tis the duty of a good wife to protect her husband’s proud name.”
“Does that mean you will marry me, Nell?” His tone was deeply serious again, and there was anxiety in the hazel eyes as he waited for her response. She smiled at him.
“Yes, Philip, I will.”
About the Author
A fourth-generation Californian of Scottish descent, Amanda Scott is the author of more than fifty romantic novels, many of which appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. Her Scottish heritage and love of history (she received undergraduate and graduate degrees in history at Mills College and California State University, San Jose, respectively) inspired her to write historical fiction. Credited by Library Journal with starting the Scottish romance subgenre, Scott has also won acclaim for her sparkling Regency romances. She is the recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award (for Lord Abberley’s Nemesis, 1986) and the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award. She lives in central California with her husband.
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