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Authors: Erica Ridley
They would live happily ever after.
Epilogue
Edmund’s mother tore from her house with shrieks of joy as he and his wife carefully descended from a hired hack with their children in their arms.
“You bad boy,” she scolded delightedly. “You terrible son. Why did you not tell me you might come for a visit? I would have filled the entire house with biscuits for my grandchildren!”
“They don’t have teeth yet, Mother.”
She waved this away. “Jellies, then. Marmalade. The point is, these adorable little gentlemen should enjoy every moment at their grandmother’s house. How am I expected to craft the perfect visit if I don’t even know you’re coming?”
“Our deepest apologies,” said Sarah, her eyes twinkling.
Edmund’s mother sniffed. “Yes, well. It’s enough to give one vapors. Do keep that in mind next time. And come inside, come inside! Unless you wish to show the twins the river? I could have commissioned boats, had I known you were coming! Of all the ill-mannered… How long can you stay? A month, at least. Perhaps three or four. The Season is over, which means there isn’t any reason to return to London until Christmastide at the earliest.”
Edmund affected a deep sigh. “We can only stay an hour, I’m afraid.”
“An
hour?
” His mother stared at him as if she truly might have a fit of the vapors. Her face blanched. “You can’t travel all the way back to London after just one hour when it took you all day to get here!”
“Actually,” he said with a slow smile. “It didn’t.”
“But how…?”
Sarah stepped forward and pointed down the hill in the direction in which they’d come. “We’ve a cottage not more than a mile from here, on the bank of the river.”
Edmund’s mother clasped her hands together, eyes shining as tears spilled down her cheeks. “You’re the
best
daughter. And the best son. This is… this is the happiest moment of my life.”
Edmund smiled at his wife, his children, his family. “Every single moment is the happiest of mine.”
THE END
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In order, the Dukes of War books are:
The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation
The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower
The Captain’s Bluestocking Mistress
The Major’s Faux Fiancée
The Brigadier’s Runaway Bride
The Pirate’s Tempting Stowaway
The Duke’s Accidental Wife
Other Romance Novels by Erica Ridley:
Too Wicked To Kiss
Too Sinful To Deny
Let It Snow
Dark Surrender
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Erica Ridley learned to read when she was three, which was about the same time she decided to be an author when she grew up.
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, features roguish peers and dashing war heroes who return from battle only to be thrust into the splendor and madness of Regency England.
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Acknowledgments
As always, I could not have written this book without the invaluable support of my critique partners. Huge thanks go out to Emma Locke and Erica Monroe for their advice and encouragement.
I also want to thank my incredible street team (the Light-Skirts Brigade rocks!!) and all the readers in the Dukes of War facebook group. Your enthusiasm makes the romance happen.
Thank you so much!
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