The Duke's Bluestocking

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"If you still want me when I return, then we'll decide what happens. But to be clear, Lydia, I will never ask you to be my mistress. That is not something I will consider. Ever. I would never disgrace you by asking or dishonor you by making such an arrangement." Lydia Abbington vows revenge for her best friend's death, but time is a cruel mistress. Certain her best friend isn't at peace yet, Lydia struggles with the secrets she's been sworn to keep once that chance for revenge passes. Matters are only complicated when her friend's brother returns after years at sea as a privateer. While she's attracted to the man who left when she was little more than a girl, she's uncertain she can trust him with the truth of his sister's death. Keith MacNeil escaped his abusive father as soon as he was old enough to set sail. Unbeknownst to him, his sister bore the brunt of their father's wrath. With his privateering days over