title: Dissecting the Angel and Other Poems
author:  Michelle Castleberry 
description: My hope is to connect through poetry, human to human.<br /><br />For more, visit me at michellecastleberry.com.
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  Did something go bump in the night at a certain Berkeley Square residence?
  
  —The Beau Monde Mirror
  
  Nate pushed open the double doors to the library. If only he didn’t have to
  attend any damnable ton balls or soirees. God, the idea of courting a
  simpering debutante like Lady Penelope Purcell was enough to turn his stomach—
  
  A decidedly feminine gasp and a dull thud stopped him dead in his tracks.
  
  What the deuce?
  
  Behind his father’s desk stood a raven-haired angel. A beautiful young woman
  wearing nothing but a pale blue shawl over a thin white night rail, and an
  expression of sheer terror.
  
  “Lord Malverne. Oh, heavens. Oh, my goodness.” The angel’s shocked, wide-eyed
  gaze dropped to the desk, and then, much to his amusement, he was certain she
  muttered something not so angelic like blast beneath her breath.
  
  Nate’s gaze followed hers. Blast indeed. His father’s cut crystal inkwell was
  on its side, and a black pool of ink was rapidly spreading across the dark red
  blot