Heir to the DukeWith the newfound freedom of marriage, a refined duke and a chaste duchess explore pleasures anew long past their wedding night He was delighted that she shared this pleasure with him. And how lovely she looked, out here on the water. The wind had whipped color into her cheeks. Her sandy hair leaped and curled around her face. And her gray eyes shimmered and sparkled. Violet's beauty for it was undoubtedly beauty arose from animation, he realized.