Endlessly Courted, Finally Loved

Endlessly Courted, Finally Loved ByChristi Caldwell Other Titles by Christi Caldwell All the Duke’s Sins Along Came a Lady Desperately Seeking a Duchess All the Duke’s Sin’s Prequel Series It Had to Be the Duke One for My Baron Scandalous Affairs A Groom of Her Own Taming of the Beast My Fair Marchioness It Happened One Winter Loved and Found Heart of a Duke In Need of a Duke—Prequel Novella For Love of the Duke More than a Duke The Love of a Rogue Loved by a Duke To Love a Lord The Heart of a Scoundrel To Wed His Christmas Lady To Trust a Rogue The Lure of a Rake To Woo a Widow To Redeem a Rake One Winter with a Baron To Enchant a Wicked Duke Beguiled by a Baron To Tempt a Scoundrel To Hold a Lady’s Secret To Catch a Viscount Defying the Duke To Marry Her Marquess The Devil and the Debutante Devil by Daylight My Heart Forever The Heart of a Scandal In Need of a Knight—Prequel Novella Schooling the Duke A Lady’s Guide to a Gentleman’s Heart A Matchmaker for a Marquess His Duchess for a Day Five Days with a Duke Lords of Honor Seduced by a Lady’s Heart Captivated by a Lady’s Charm Rescued by a Lady’s Love Tempted by a Lady’s Smile Courting Poppy Tidemore Scandalous Seasons Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride Never Courted, Suddenly Wed Always Proper, Suddenly Scandalous Always a Rogue, Forever Her Love A Marquess for Christmas Once a Wallflower, at Last His Love Endlessly Courted, Finally Loved Once a Rake, Suddenly a Suitor Once Upon a Betrothal Sinful Brides The Rogue’s Wager The Scoundrel’s Honor The Lady’s Guard The Heiress’s Deception The Wicked Wallflowers The Hellion The Vixen The Governess The Bluestocking The Spitfire The Theodosia Sword Only For His Lady Only For Her Honor Only For Their Love Danby A Season of Hope Winning a Lady’s Heart The Brethren The Spy Who Seduced Her The Lady Who Loved Him The Rogue Who Rescued Her The Minx Who Met Her Match The Spinster Who Saved a Scoundrel Lost Lords of London In Bed with the Earl In the Dark with the Duke Undressed with the Marquess Brethren of the Lords My Lady of Deception Her Duke of Secrets The Read Family Saga A Winter Wish Standalone Fighting for his Lady The Duke Alone The Heiress at Sea Memoir: Non-Fiction Uninterrupted Joy Endlessly Courted, Finally Loved Copyright © 2023 by Christi Caldwell EPUB Edition All rights reserved. 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For more information about the author: www.christicaldwellauthor.com [email protected] Twitter: @ChristiCaldwell Or on Facebook at: Christi Caldwell Author Table of Contents Cover Title Page Other Titles by Christi Caldwell Copyright Page Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Biography Prologue My dearest Hamish, For so long, I watched my family and those around me all find love and their lifelong partner; a person who is a friend, whom they could trust with their deepest secrets, their greatest hopes. I’ve secretly yearned for those gifts and wondered why I’m continually thrown over. Now, I know why. It was you. It was always you. I was waiting for you. Come back to me. With love and longing, Beatrice Summer, 1830 Scottish Highlands, Near Dunnottar Castle Aberdeenshire coastline Everyone knew the English detested the Highlands—everything Scottish, really. The lords and ladies of London flocked to London during the Season, and retreated to their country seats when summer came, invariably steering clear of the Highlands. Even the landowning lords who held territories in that region of the kingdom went out of their way to avoid the still untamed lands. That was, everyone except Lady Beatrice Dennington. It was for all those very wonderful reasons, Beatrice loved visiting her family’s ancestral seats there. Nay, not all of them. At that very moment, Lady Beatrice Dennington picked her way along the craggy Scottish countryside. The quiet chittering of the Crested Tits filled the air. That passerine bird’s song the only sound in the otherwise morning still. Slightly out of breath from her long hike, Beatrice didn’t slow her stride. As she made the now familiar march, she surveyed the Scottish moorland. The abundant heather now in full bloom lay like a magnificent blanket crafted of a dozen different shades of purple. The glorious sights were ones she’d never not appreciate. It was a land so wild and untamed, no doubt the reason puffed up pompous lords and ladies would never and could never appreciate the splendor of Scotland. At first, that was what had brought her here. Sadly, she too had failed to appreciate the majesty of the untamed lands. Before, she’d only come seeking a hiding spot away from it all—the London Seasons, the mocking looks, the pitying ones. The suitors…who weren’t really serious suitors. All of it. Slowing her steps, Beatrice skimmed her gaze over the land around her, it was as if the Lord had painted a thousand different landscapes in just this one land. The steep hills