The Notorious Marriage
Chapter One
December 1813
When Kit Mostyn stepped through the doors of Almacks Assembly Rooms that night,
it was difficult to tell who was the more surprised, the chaperones of the
hopeful debutantes assembled there, or Kit himself. Certainly Almacks was not a
place where Kit normally sought entertainment, and this evening he had struggled
rather incredulously with the compulsion that drove him there. It, or rather
she, had so strong a hold on him that he could not resist, and being a man who
chose not to struggle against fate, he resolved to meet his with a certain
equanimity.
He saw her as soon as he entered the room. Miss Eleanor Trevithick, daughter of
the late Viscount Trevithick and younger sister to the current Earl. She was
dancing with an elderly roue, Lord Kemble, if Kit did not miss his guess, and
just the sight of the two of them together made his temper soar dangerously. As
he sought to keep a grip on it he was forced to acknowledge that it mattered
little who was partnering Eleanor - the fact that it was someone other than
himself was all that counted.
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