“And I suppose I’d better check that someone has remembered to notify Collier, Collier and Whiticombe.” His father’s solicitors. “I’ll write a letter before I go, and there’ll be another I’ll want delivered to Montague in the city.”

“Yes, my l-” Hamilton caught himself. “Your grace.”

Royce’s lips twisted. “Indeed. We’re both going to have to get used to that.”

Mentally reviewing his preparations, he could think of only one thing he’d missed. “And if anyone calls, you may tell them I’ve gone north, and that I have no notion of when I’ll be back.”

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author STEPHANIE LAURENS specializes in writing historical romances set in Regency England. The Edge of Desire is her thirty-second such work and her seventh in a group of novels about the members of the exclusive Bastion Club, first introduced in her novel The Lady Chosen.