Regency Romance: One Perfect Moment

Regency Romance: One Perfect Moment

Regency Romance: One Perfect Moment is a short story by Amelia Fernside.

Her horse, spooked by an adder, was running at breakneck speed. Lady Mary-Anne felt her saddle slipping to her left side. She sensed a pressure around her abdomen and then a force, pulling her from the falling saddle. She watched, as though in a dream, as her horse raced through the grass without her.

And yet she went on, as if somehow carried by a strong wind. The world slowed. She looked down and ran her gloved hand along the neck of a horse.

Someoneâ€™s arm was cinched around her waist. What had happened?

She looked up to see a young man above her.

He tilted his square chin and looked down at her. â€œMy lady,â€ he said. â€œIt is my usual habit to remove my hat when I meet a lady, but as you can see, my hands are full.â€

He took her home, then disappeared, in typical regency romance fashion.

Years later, Mary-Anne still dreamed her hero would reappear. Meanwhile, her parents insisted she marry the son of a Duke who lived nearby, a man who someday would be a Duke himself, a man she abhorred. She strenuously rejected the idea, but in the end she relented.

She walked alone beside the circular edge of the fountain at her familyâ€™s posh manor. â€œI have waited five years. My family thought me foolish, and I think now they have been right. Iâ€™ve waited for you because I truly believed we shared one perfect moment, a special rapport that comes so very rarely.â€ A tear prickled at the corner of her eye, but Lady Mary-Anne refused to cry. â€œI must move on,â€ she said.

But, dear reader, an untimely death, not so typical in regency romance, ignited the ending.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-06
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-06
Format	Kindle eBook

Regency Romance: One Perfect Moment

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