THE MOST CAPTIVATING

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ER , THIRD EARL OF

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me

mered through t

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as sculpted of

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for me, Cale

by

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him for it. She knew

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atche

acious room to the

nite columns that

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exciting that bott

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greatest ec-stasy she'd ever exper

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mm

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ld it take-or how

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r, and ye gods, how

bed until Calentha had foun

ut before she co

you better, me

ht, across the wide expanse of the bedchamber

rself, sweet. You k

are me to a hundred, nay a t

you compare me to

e. Life was too unpredictable for vi

an who had ever made her pagan blood sing, and his boredom between her thi

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for many ev

nd when her words finally ceased

hrough the night, and she felt a

rwhelmed by rejection and shame, she lay trembling in his b

estroy anyo

later when she lunged at him with the silver

vowing revenge if he had shown even a hint of

face lit up with amusement as he deftly caught her

huck

with all his descendants

rsed through clenched teeth, even as her

ng. No man should be so unattai

as finished with her, but she was not finished

t on the stone patio of GLENMORISTION, sipping port a

RASER MACLEOD rub

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slight shadow of stubble that always

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"Just what do you do to

. Fantasy. My willing body and s

ern a woman's fantas

chuckled softly, a deep, assured r

s you. In the subtle movements of her body, you perceive if she wants you in front or behind her lush curves. With gentleness or force

, swallowing hard. He shifted in

crossed them again and sighed. "And Cale

of them involved

Everyone knows you've been as good as marrie

ed. And I don't wi

k about it, you must also act upon it, like go fetch

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