Eva Leigh - From Duke till Dawn - 2018’s most scandalous Regency read

“Won’t you play another hand, my lord? I’m certain the house will give you credit. Come, I shall fetch you a glass of wine.”

He knew that voice. Her voice. The Lost Queen.

Yet it couldn’t be. Had to be another illusion, like that woman’s laugh at the chophouse.

“Are you hungry, my lord? Cook has just prepared a superb steak avec poireaux vinaigrette .”

No—this was no illusion. Two years melted away like ice in a fire as Alex slowly turned around, uncaring that he was in the middle of a game. His body roared with pain and pleasure.

There she was. Achingly unforgettable. Devastatingly beautiful. As slim as a birch tree, with pale golden hair framing a face of shattering loveliness. Dressed in a bronze satin evening gown, her hair held up with amber clips, she stood next to Lord Coleman, smiling at the old earl in her winning way. Her hand rested lightly on his sleeve.

She wasn’t one of the patrons. She . . . worked here. But how? Why? What did any of this mean?

“Cassandra.” The word came from his lips like a rasp, as though his body was a cavern that had been closed for a millennium.

He didn’t speak very loudly—at that moment, he couldn’t. Yet she looked up at once. Her hazel gaze met his.

For half a heartbeat, her expression registered joy, longing. Then horror.

He blinked, and both expressions were gone from her face. She looked smooth and unreadable. It was as if he’d imagined her emotions.

He felt both numb and acutely aware of every nerve. His heart pounded and his mouth went dry.

“Alex?” she whispered.

It truly was her. Cassandra Blair. The Lost Queen. The woman who’d shattered his heart two years ago.

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