Chapter 6Lady Bridgerton’s musicale proved to be a decidedly musical affair (not, This Author assures you, always the norm for musicales). The guest performer was none other than Maria Rosso, the Italian soprano who made her debut in London two years ago and has returned after a brief stint on the Vienna stage.
With thick, sable hair and flashing dark eyes, Miss Rosso proved as lovely in form as she did in voice, and more than one (indeed, more than a dozen) of society’s so-called gentlemen found it difficult indeed to remove their eyes from her person, even after the performance had concluded.
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS,
27 APRIL 1814
Kate knew the minute he walked in the room.
She tried to tell herself it had nothing to do with a heightened awareness of the man. He was excruc
