![]() ![]() Fair, tan, and slim, he passed for a blithe youth even now at twenty-five. ![]() From time to time, he pretended to woo the latest foreign heiress released into the staid waters of the peerage, and on occasion he indulged the expenses of a handsome artist or pretty actress.Īside from the wide red shrapnel scar hidden beneath the snowy breast of his shirt, he appeared wholly unmarked by hardship. Nights he roved between charming lovers and card games, at which he never lost more than he won.īutter upon bacon, as Nimble described it.Īrchibald owned a stable of high-strung racehorses and retained a vast staff at each of his estates-though he rarely strayed from his elegant townhouse to visit either. The vast majority of days came and went for Archibald Lycrugus Granville, Viscount Fallmont, with the genteel luxuries of fresh-cut flowers, boots polished to a razor gleam, and suppers served on gilded plates. ![]() Any resemblance to actual people, places or events is coincidental.Ĭhapter Three: A Terribly Beautiful PlaceĪlso by Ginn Hale Chapter One: The Counterfeit Viscount This book is a work of fiction and as such all characters and situations are fictitious. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of reviews. ![]()
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