Lady Arabella and the Forbidden Valet

Our secret romance could be the scandal that is Lady Arabella’s undoing.

I’m John Warren, orphaned at seven. Taken in as the duke’s ward.
Growing up beside her, I learned her laugh before I learned my place.

First it was glances. Then stolen moments. Then secret meetings.
And finally… kisses I should never have stolen.

Arabella thought anything was possible. I always knew better.
Now I serve the duke—as his valet. I know my place.

She’s making her London debut in society in three weeks, and I have orders.
Impossible orders! Watch over her. Make sure all suitors are respectable and sufficiently rich. 

So I watch from the shadows, invisible, my desires locked away.
Yet her eyes still find me from across the ballroom.

In the arms of another man, her face tells me: I love only you.
A confession made cruel by her smile at her dancing partner.

If I follow my heart, I risk ruining her name and her future.
But if I refuse the only woman I’ve ever loved, it will break my heart.

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