The Impossible Governess (25 page)

"You are addressing my fiancée, my
 future viscountess," he said, pulling Georgeanne closer to him and starting for the door.

"Your fiancée!"
 exclaimed Mrs. Kidd, her mouth gaping open in surprise.  She quickly recovered and crooned, "Well, why didn't you say so, my lord?  Of course, this changes everything." 

But
 she was speaking to their backs, for Raynor was not about to have Georgeanne's delicate ears sullied with another vulgar word spoken by the obnoxious woman.

Once in the coach, nestled comfortably in Raynor's strong arms, Georgeanne peeked up at her rescuer.  "Do you truly love me?" she asked a little shyly, causing him to tighten his hold on her.

"It would seem I have not done a very proper job of convincing you, my dear."  With a wicked gleam in his blue eyes, he added, "I think it best to immediately rectify that error right away."

So
 putting action to his words, Georgeanne found herself in a most satisfying embrace, one that completely convinced her of Raynor’s heart.  A short time later upon reaching Curzon Street, Georgeanne, somewhat breathless and slightly disheveled, descended the steps of the carriage on the arm of her beloved.  Ascending the steps, the door flew open and a grinning Marissa barreled down the steps and flung her arms around Georgeanne’s legs.  “You kept your promise, Uncle Tony! You brought Georgie home!”

With tears spilling down her cheeks, Georgeanne hugged the little girl and gazed up at Raynor.  Smiling, he reached down and picked up Marissa and pulled Georgeanne to him.  “Yes, Marissa,
our
Georgie is home at last.”

Other novels available by Margaret Bennett:

                            Deadly Lessons

When one of Lindsey Mitchell’s high school students hides a gun used in the execution of a gang member in her home, she becomes a target of the car theft gang.  Police detective Jack Owens, who is assigned to investigate the murder of one of Lindsey’s students, realizes the gang is after something they think she has.  He tries to prevent Lindsey from becoming the gang’s next victim.

Jackson’s Crew

Jackson Thomas, a.k.a. Jacks, lives in the projects and knows the score.  So he convinces his friends to form a crew that helps members to stay out of trouble.  When Jacks’s new neighbor Gelo appears, the crew becomes involved keeping Peanut, the smallest of the crew members, from a bullying gangbanger, saving an old lady from a mugging, recovering stolen goods, and finally banishing a project drug dealer.   Unusual elements permeate the action whenever Gelo is around, and Jacks wonders if Gelo isn’t some sort of guardian angel. 

             
              The Hopeless Hoyden

Emily, country bred miss, is a misfit in the haute ton of Regency.  When she overhears two men plotting to kill Gabriel, the Viscount Lindemann, she flees for her life, running through the woods, and encounters the Viscount himself.  Mistaking him for one of her pursers, she welds a large stick and nearly unmans him. 

Gabriel is forced to attend a house party arranged by his cousins, who are rusticating to avoid their creditors and possibly jail.  Gabriel invites Emily to join the house party, which she does with the intent to discover the Viscount’s enemy. When Emily and Gabriel are found in a compromising situation, Gabriel is more than willing to accept an engagement with Emily.  She, on the other hand, is mortified, feeling that her hoydenish ways have ensnared the Viscount.  Unfortunately, the engagement puts Emily’s life in danger and Gabriel must find the proof he needs to banish his cousins.

             
An Independent Lady

             
Having never found someone she could love, Amelia is not bothered

by the fact that society considers her on the shelf--twenty-five and unmarried.  But her brother Edward is determined to find her a husband.  Once again Amelia attends a
              house party Edward has arranged with eligible bachelors of the ton.  This time an old suitor decides he wants her inheritance.

The Earl of Wexley first encounters the fiery Amelia when he runs her carriage off the road and recognizes she is his perfect mate.  Though he comes to her rescue as a suitor tries to force her in to marriage, Wexley learns this independent lady prefers to handle her own problems.