Loretta Chase

Bathsheba looked at Benedict. “You never told me they were matchmaking.””He didn’t notice!” said his father before Benedict could answer. “He didn’t notice handsome young misses of unexceptionable family. He didn’t notice beautiful heiresses. We tried bluestockings. We tried country girls. We tried everything. He didn’t notice! But Bathsheba Winngate, the most notorious woman in all of England, he noticed.””We notorious women tend to stand out,” she said.

Bathsheba looked at Benedict. “You never told me they were matchmaking.””He didn’t notice!” said his father before Benedict could answer. “He didn’t notice handsome young misses of unexceptionable family. He didn’t notice beautiful heiresses. We tried bluestockings. We tried country girls. We tried everything. He didn’t notice! But Bathsheba Winngate, the most notorious woman in all of England, he noticed.””We notorious women tend to stand out,” she said.

– Loretta Chase –

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