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    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella
    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella
    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella
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    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella

    By Ava Stone

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    Second time's the charm

    Chester Peyton, the Marquess of Astwick, has never forgotten his first love. Nor has he ever gotten over her. But now thirteen years later, time has come for him to finally settle down and do his duty as far as both his title and his dragon of a mother are concerned. Everything would be so much easier if Chet’s heart didn’t still belong to the enchanting Scot he gave it to once upon a time.

    After following her late-husband’s regiment from one end of the continent to the other, Lady Hannah Campbell returns to London a very different woman than the naïve lass she once was. With her two sons in tow, she now has to navigate the waters of the ton, which seem more foreign than the lands she has traversed the last dozen years. And all the while, she has to keep hidden the scandalous secret that made her flee England so very ago.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAva Stone
    Release dateAug 4, 2011
    ISBN9781466023338
    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella
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    Ava Stone

    Ava Stone is a USA Today bestselling author of Regency historical romance and college age New Adult romance. Whether in the 19th Century or the 21st, her books explore deep themes but with a light touch. A single mother, Ava lives outside Raleigh NC, but she travels extensively, always looking for inspiration for new stories and characters in the various locales she visits.

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    A Scandalous Secret, Regency Romance Novella - Ava Stone

    A Scandalous Secret

    The Scandalous Series

    A Scandalous Wife

    A Scandalous Charade

    A Scandalous Secret

    A Scandalous Pursuit

    A Scandalous Past

    My Favorite Major

    The English Lieutenant’s Lady

    To Catch a Captain

    Encounter With an Adventurer

    In The Stars

    Promised Away

    A Scandalous Deception

    A Scandalous Ruse

    A Scandalous Destiny

    A Scandalous Vow

    A Scandalous Secret

    Ava Stone

    Night Shift Publishing

    Copyright © 2011 by Ava Stone

    Cover Design by Covers By Lily

    All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

    ISBN: 978-1-4660-2333-8

    Created with Vellum Created with Vellum

    Dedication

    For Michelle, one of the dearest friends I’ve ever had. Thank you so much for always being in my corner. I love you like a sister.

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    A Scandalous Secret - Novella

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    A Scandalous Secret - Novella

    August 1813 – English Channel

    Lady Hannah Campbell leaned against the rail of a roiling frigate. She sighed as her hair blew in the sea breeze, and she pulled the blue and green Campbell tartan closer about her shoulders. England was barely on the horizon, a land she hadn’t laid eyes on in more than a dozen years.

    Hannah frowned, plagued once again with the same worry that had haunted her since she and her boys had left Spain. How would the three of them get along in England? After so many years following the drum, she wasn’t sure she knew how to function in polite society anymore.

    Mama? a tiny voice called from her side as a small hand tugged on her scratchy, wool traveling dress.

    With a start, Hannah looked down into the expectant face of her seven-year-old son, Ewan. What was the lad doing up on deck? She’d left the poor little fellow sleeping in bed after another bout of seasickness. What are ye doin’ out of the cabin, my love?

    A tear formed in Ewan’s dark eyes and his lip trembled as he spoke. Alasdair says I smell like a chamber pot.

    Hannah pursed her lips. She should have guessed Alasdair was responsible for his brother’s fretful state. After all, her oldest son was definitely having the hardest time adjusting to their new situation. She pulled Ewan into her arms, smoothed his tears away, and kissed his swollen little cheeks. Oh, sweetheart, ye doona smell like a chamber pot.

    Someone snorted behind them, and Hannah knew without a doubt that Alasdair had followed his brother on deck. Alasdair Murdoch Campbell— she didn’t even glance over her shoulder to face her oldest son— how many times have I asked ye ta be kind ta yer wee brother?

    When he didn’t respond, Hannah turned her head and met his bitter and brooding green eyes. Alasdair shrugged his shoulders, a hardened look on his twelve-year-old face. Soldiers doona cry and run ta their mothers, Ewan.

    Hannah narrowed her eyes on her oldest boy, but he met her glare with an icy one of his own. When had Alasdair become this petulant child? Not that he didn’t have a reason or a right to be angry. They all did. But all they had left was each other now. Wheesht! Alasdair! Ye have seen just as many soldiers cry as I have, and I will no’ let ye chastise Ewan. Do ye understand?

    Alasdair stared at her for quite some time before he let out a deep sigh and finally nodded. Aye, Mama.

    Hannah smiled with more cheerfulness than she felt. Good, then come over here so ye can see England. She had both boys’ instant attention and she pointed to the land just barely visible in the distance. Right there. Do ye see it? We’ll be home today.

    Home. She’d never thought to lay eyes on England again. Not England, not Chet… Havers! Where had that thought come from?

    Tell us again, Mama. Ewan’s tiny voice broke her from her reverie. What’s London like?

    London.

    It had been a lifetime ago. Thinking back on it now, she’d been just a naïve lass at seventeen when she’d arrived in London. It’s a grand city, Ewan. With parks, theatres, museums, and—

    And cousins? Ewan asked anxiously.

    Hannah couldn’t help but smile at his exuberance, and she tousled his dark hair. And cousins, she agreed.

    And we’re stayin’ with them? he asked, doubt seeping into his words.

    Aye, we will be stayin’ with yer Uncle James, yer Aunt Bethany, and all five of yer cousins, she assured him for

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