6/19/2023 0 Comments Devil in winter goodreads![]() Lady Merritt is weary, and as you know, I'm no' one to stand on ceremony." “Let's no' make this langsome, MacTaggart. "He sounds like a selfish pult," Keir said flatly.” For Kingston, the wages of sin have been nothing but gold and treasure." ![]() Then he married a rich woman and settled into a respectable middle age. The bane of every man with a pretty wife. They say in his youth, Kingston was as wicked as the devil himself. ![]() But the duke made Jenner's what it is, and enriched himself in the process." Catach had shaken his head with a mixture of admiration and envy. "He must have had no choice," Keir mused. To their minds it lowers them, ye ken, and costs them the respect of the common folk as well as their peers." "Aye, but the interesting part is, Kingston ran the club himself for a time." To make sure Keir understood the significance, Catach added, "Noblemen never work. "'Tis no' unusual for a duke to own prime London real estate." Keir, who couldn't have cared less about some doddering old aristocrat, responded with an indifferent shrug. His daughter married the Duke of Kingston, who owns the place now." “The club was started lang ago by a professional boxer. ![]()
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