Someone to Love
Chapter One
The two nattily dressed gentlemen entered Hyde Park through Park
Lane, curly-brimmed beavers jauntily tipped on their heads, canes
lazily swinging at their sides, their air of sophisticated boredom
half-feigned, half-all too real.
One dark and handsome. One fair and more than handsome; almost
pretty. Both of them titled, both of them wealthy, popular,
self-assured.
Blessedly unattached.
They stopped, posed, sniffed the air like any buck hoping to pick up
a scent. Exchanged meaningful glances. Touched assessing fingers to
their cravats, shot their cuffs. Proceeded on their way with
consciously relaxed saunters, and yet with alert, watchful eyes.
Part predator. Part prey.
Hyde Park had once been a hunting ground, full of deer and boar and
wild bulls. Over the centuries, many duels were fought beneath the
trees as the morning mist gave way to a watery sun. There had once
been fortifications there, military camps had dotted the thick
grass.
Footpads had once owned the Park, until Charles II enclosed the
entire area with high walls and William III had the happy ide ... read full excerpt from: Someone to Love ebook
