"Well, my lord? You wished to speak to me?"Īnthony had to admire the girl's courage. Phil stood near the fire, and after the door closed, she turned to face Anthony. "Yes, m'lord." The landlord bowed himself out of the room. Easy on the half." Anthony placed his hat and gloves on the table in the middle of the room. Thank God, the innkeeper accepted her as the urchin she appeared to be. Her clothes had almost dried from the drenching she'd received in the rain, but she still had the look of a drowned kitten with her short auburn hair curling wildly about her head. She kept her eyes downcast and her cheeks were pale. And for the lad?"Īnthony held the door open for Phil to pass through. "A tankard of your home-brewed will suffice," Anthony said to the innkeeper. Will Phil be able to guard her secret while traveling with the handsome viscount? And more importantly, will she be able to guard her heart against a forbidden love? Under the mistaken belief that she's a he, the viscount takes Phil on a trip to inspect a promising stallion for his stables. He's looking for a new groom and hires Phil for a one-month trial period before he returns to his horse-breeding estate in the wilds of Ireland.
Viscount Hembrough pays a rare visit to his mother in London. When she's promoted to the position of groom, her father thinks it's time to call a halt to the dangerous masquerade and wants to send Phil to his sister in York to learn to be a girl again. After her mother dies, she pretends to be a boy so she can work in Lady Hembrough's stables alongside her beloved papa.
Philomena Wheeler has been living a lie for the past twelve years.
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