His muscles flexed in anticipation, barely contained within his starched evening clothes. He was liked a caged lion, prowling the confines of his prison. The black mask his valet had procured for him lay on a side table, its crisp ribbons trailing down the side. Another masquerade. Thoughts of th...
That suited Lord Harold Emmorey, Viscount Gloucher, just fine. In fact, he was counting on being paired with one woman in particular. He glanced over the ladies and gentlemen assembled in the parlor, separated on different side of the room until their names were drawn. The...
How could she have forgotten him? This was his home after all, not the Dowager Countess’s. If he was anything like his mother, she wasn’t sure she’d survive her time here. “Forgive me, my lord. Had I known who you were, I would never have issued such an order.” She tried to curve her lips becomin...
Not the sickness. That was passing. It rejected the currents zinging through her body from Warren Castle’s touch. He was a dangerous man. Because for the first time in her life, she knew what true attraction was. And she was engaged to another. He s...
Sleep had come easily, and she’d savored the wicked dreams she’d envisioned during the night. But with morning came unpleasant thoughts as well. As wonderful as last night was, as much as she’d enjoyed being with Drake in that way, he wasn’t her mate. No matter how much she cared for him, longed ...
Something wasn’t right. The feeling of dread washed over him, but he had no idea why. “Brums!” he called out to his butler. Quickly entering the room, Brums looked a bit flustered from his lord’s loud summons. “Yes, my lord?” “Is anything the matter with the staff?” His voice was a bit hoarse. A ...
He furrowed his brows, concentrating on unlinking the intricate spell Persephone maintained around her property. The hint of dark magick he sensed split a grin on his face. She'd grown in the time he'd been away. Back then, she never would have considered using a whiff of dark magick. ...
But not Charlotte. Derek watched, waited until she was completely alone to go to her. He needed others oblivious to where she’d gone. What she’d be doing. Only then would it be safe. “Follow me.” A shiver skated over her Char...