Un secret d'alcôve

Résumé

Angleterre, 1814.

– Seigneur Dieu ! Horrifiée, Amanda se redressa d’un bond et fixa l’homme étendu dans le lit à côté d’elle. Que diable cet inconnu faisait-il là ? Veuve depuis deux ans, elle n’avait jamais eu d’amant. Dès lors, comment pareille situation était-elle possible ? Dans la confusion de son esprit, elle se souvenait vaguement avoir eu un accident de diligence alors qu’elle voyageait avec un autre passager… mais cela n’expliquait en rien leur présente intimité !

– Qui êtes-vous ? bredouilla-t-elle. Que… que faites-vous ici ? Il sourit, imperturbable.

– Hélas, ma chère, dit-il courtoisement, je n’en ai pas la moindre idée.

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Description en VO :

The rake had lost his memory...Beautiful widow Amanda Clare woke up in a strange bed, lying next to a tall, dark, very handsome stranger! Knocked out in a stagecoach accident, they'd been rescued and it had been assumed that they were married - reason enough to put them to bed in the same room! Amanda had no idea who the man was - but, intriguingly, neither did he! The obviously wealthy gentleman had lost his memory, and was without two guineas in his pocket. Now Amanda felt obliged to take the gorgeous stranger under her wing - and continue the pretence that they were man and wife.

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Widow Amanda Clare awakes in a strange bed next to a strange, yet handsome man - knocked out in a stagecoach accident, their rescuers assume they are married! She has no idea who the obviously wealthy gentleman could be - but intriguingly, neither does he...