Great chapter - keep it coming!

Author's Response: Thank you! I will. :D

Wonderful news about your father! (My grandfather had colon cancer, so I know how scary that must have been.)

Oooo, he's a devil, alright. And leave it to Buffy to find a man who appreciates her knowledge. She's positively doomed! :D

Author's Response: Yes, it was scary. My dad has always been a very healthy man, so seeing him sick was not good.

*lol* Yes, Spike is a devil, it's so fun to write him like this. And I couldn't have put it better than you did. Buffy is positively doomed! *giggles* Thanks for reviewing!

I love this chapter. Their little game was so much fun. This promises to be one hell of a story.

Author's Response: Yay! I'm so happy you enjoyed their little game, it was very fun to write it! Thank you so much for reviewing and I sure hope it turns out to be. ;)

love love love this chapter. that's wonderful news about your dad. love the UST in this story! muy delicioso;)

Author's Response: Thank you so much for reviewing and yes, we're ecstatic over the good news. :D Hee, I'm glad you find the UST delicioso because there's more coming.

I'm loving it so far! Good luck for the next chapters!

Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the story!

Another brilliant chapter! I feel so bad for Buffy, but I love how ornery Spike can be! Just adding fuel to the fire he is. I can't wait to see how the moonlit tour though the gardens ends up. I think that could go either way. Maybe Spike shows more of a gentlemanly side.....or not. Perhaps a more want...take...have senario! I cant wait until the next chappie! {{{Hugs you tight}}}} I hope things with your father are looking up. The waiting game is most definately the toughest part! Still keeping you and yours in my prayers! Hugs n Kisses!

Author's Response: Awww, thank you for your lovely revew! I feel bad for Buffy, too, just having to deal with Hank... *shudders* Oh yes and Spike is hoping that fire will burn him, turn her anger into passion. You're right moonlit tour could go both ways. And while Spike is a duke he's not that much of a gentleman. *hint hint* *hugs you back* Thank you, darling, yes, things with my dad are looking up. We still have to wait until next week for the results for the column biopsy, but we're confident everything will get better soon. You're right the waiting part is just the worse, not that we can do much about it. ;) *hugs and kisses* Mari

i am enjoying your story very much cant wait to read more thank you for the great read

Author's Response: Thank you for your lovely words, cariño! I'm ecstatic you're enjoying!

I am enjoying your story so far.
Just one point I'd like to make though, once the Duke has been introduced he would from then on be addressed as 'Your Grace'. There is a paper on the internet that goes over Title protocol, it's: http://it.uwp.edu/lansdowne/als.html
Looking forward to more.

Author's Response: Thank you so much for your review and for the link! And yes, I'm aware of that, but Hank, as the lovely jamies_lady very elocuently put it, is a 'mushroom' and Americans sometimes made the mistake of naming aristocrats by their titles and not addressing them as they should. Hank is not precisely well-mannered and really, he came to the position he's in almost by accident, so that's the reason why he calls Spike, Duke and not 'Your Grace'.

Very lovely chapter, although the 'modern translation' that accompanied chapter 3 was highly amusing.

Author's Response: *giggles* Oh yes, it was very amusing, which is why I had to share it with all of you. ;) Thank you so much for reviewing!

I really like your story. I like period fictions. I know it will be interesting to learn how Buffy falls in love with Spike.

Author's Response: Hee, it might take us a bit to get Buffy there, but I promise I'll try my best not too long. Thank you for reviewing!

Buffy really isn't giving Spike any chance at all but he's nothing if not persistent and her father - OMG - could he be any more obvious. Absolutely loved it.

Author's Response: Nope, no chance in hell, doesn't mean he can't try though. *giggles* And yeah, I don't think Hank could've been any more obvious, but as long as it helps Spike, well, I'll take whatever I can. ;) Thank you so much for reviewing!

I loved this, but the review will have to be brief, cuz I'm at work :-P

the man she hadn’t been able to forget despite trying so hard to… gave me some hope *sighs with relief*, the inner musings of both Buffy and Spike really were into character, I hate Hank with the fire of a thousand suns and I can't wait to read about the tour in the gardens!

Oh, and I'm already reading 3/4 of your suggestions! lol

*hugs* I hope - no, I know - everything will go well today!

Author's Response: Hee, couldn't have Buffy NOT notice the hotness that Spike is, now could I? *giggles* And I think you're not alone with hating Hank with the fire of a thousand suns. ;)

Well, hurry up and read the 1/4 then, I promise all of them are worth your while. ;)

Thankee for reviewing and for your wishes. It did went okay, even if now I'm soooo bloody tired. *hugs*

Poor Buffy, headed off at the pass at every turn. Her father is despicable. We could wish him a foul fate, so that Buffy and her family may be taken care of by her new husband and finally treated with the respect they deserve. :)

Author's Response: Hee, yes, poor Buffy, but even if things look bad for her now, I promise you it'll get better... eventually. ;) And yes, Hank is despicable, but he's serving a greater purpose in the story, which will come into play later on. Thank you for reviewing!