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is stealing your thunder. The tried-and-true methods always work, yet there is room for innovation, yes? But goodness, I haven’t even met this guest of mine yet.” Ophelia cast a brilliant smile at the two men. “I’m Ophelia Locke. So good of you to join us this evening. Oh, and, William, good to see you as always.”
    Mabel actually chuckled at that point. “You really shouldn’t do that, Phelia.”
    “What?” Ophelia asked with an innocent grin.
    “You know very well you’ve just dazzled the speech right out of both of them. Serves ’em right.” Mabel marched off, dragging Gertrude with her.
    “I think you’ll survive on all accounts, won’t you, gentlemen? But tell me, Devin Baldwin, do you mind being likened to a cherub, or do you merely find it amusing?”
    William was still staring at her agog. It took Devin a few moments to actually hear the question. He’d already thought this woman was the most beautiful he’d ever seen in his life, but bloody hell, her smile was lethal. He pitied her husband—like hell he did, he almost laughed to himself.
    “As the myth goes, Cupid is also the god of love, as well as the son of Venus.”
    Her eyes flared. “Good grief, I never realized they were calling you a god!”
    He laughed. “Which is about as silly as it gets, so, yes, I find it quite amusing.”
    “The matchmaking methods you were discussing are quite interesting. Has that approach helped you to find a wife yet?”
    “I’ve no time for a wife.”
    William piped in, “Dev is working toward producing racers now on his new farm just outside of London, north of the racetrack.”
    “Yes,” Devin said, “I’ve changed the focus my family has always favored. It’s a long process, but I’ll know come spring if it’s working or not.”
    “Do you have any fast mounts for sale? My husband’s birthday is approaching and I thought about buying him a new horse.”
    Devin grinned. “Possibly faster than he’s used to.”
    “Splendid! Now that will be a worthy surprise for him. I look forward to doing business with you.”

Chapter Four

    “A ND THERE WE WERE , my lovely boat heading straight for this rock sticking out of the water that I swear wasn’t there moments before,” Oliver Norse was telling the group surrounding Amanda. “The sailboat was brand-new! I was horrified it was going to shatter into pieces.”
    “Did it?” asked Farrell Exter, the only one in the group who hadn’t heard the story yet.
    “Oliver told us to jump ship and we did,” John Trask said with an engaging grin. He’d actually been on the boat with Oliver that day.
    “But I went down with the ship!” Oliver bragged.
    “He means to say he got tossed off it when it tilted to the side and got quite beached on the bit of land surrounding that rock.”
    Farrell laughed. Amanda had laughed, too, the first time she’d heard the tale last Season. She managed a polite grin now, despite feeling terribly bored.
    She should have realized that with Ophelia and her brotherRafe’s only just coming to town, her sister-in-law wouldn’t yet be au courant with all of the newcomers this Season. Ophelia had merely invited a few of the young men she knew from last year who weren’t married yet. But Amanda already knew them as well and wasn’t the least bit interested in them other than as friends. She was having to do most of the talking tonight or her little group would fall painfully silent as it had before Oliver had jumped in with a story he’d told many times before. But unlike her beaus, she had a wealth of stories to tell, mostly about her brother, who’d led a much more exciting life than they had.
    “It’s time to share, gentlemen,” Phoebe Gibbs said as she arrived and slipped an arm through Amanda’s to pull her away from the young men who were staunchly refusing to leave her side tonight. “I haven’t seen Mandy all week, so do excuse us for a while.”
    Amanda was grateful for the rescue. Phoebe was one of her