01 - Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag

Author:Tami Hoag [Hoag, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, thriller, General, Romance, Contemporary, Louisiana, Louisiana Bayou, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780553587180
Google: aXMPO5kBY50C
Amazon: 0553587188
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1992-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

«Serena, I don't believe you've met Mr. Burke from Tristar Chemical,» Mason said smoothly. He came forward, innocuous smile in place, and took her gently by the arm as she entered the front parlor.

«We haven't been formally introduced, no,» Serena said, extending her hand to the big man in the western-cut suit. «I'm afraid you mistook me for my sister the other day out at Gifford's, Mr. Burke. I'm Serena Sheridan.»

Burke let his eyes drift down over her, taking in the subtle lines of her figure revealed by the straight cut of her toffee-colored sleeveless linen sheath. He pumped her hand and grinned. «By golly, who'd a guessed there'd be two this pretty? It's a pleasure, Miss Sheridan?» His brows rose with a hope that made Serena loath to answer his implied question.

«Yes,» she murmured. She extracted her fingers from his meaty grasp and managed a twitch of the lips that passed for a smile. His gaze homed in on her breasts like radar.

«Now, what was a lovely young thing like yourself doing out in that swamp anyway?» he asked, settling a too-familiar hand on her shoulder.

Serena shrugged off his touch on the excuse of reaching up to smooth her fingers over her loosely bound hair.

«Serena is here on a visit from Charleston. She was trying to persuade Gifford to return so we might all deal with this offer in a proper manner,» Mason explained.

«And did you?»

«No, unfortunately not,» Serena replied. «As you no doubt realize by now, Mr. Burke, my grandfather can be a very stubborn man.»

«It goes a mite beyond stubborn, if you ask me,» Burke said, baring his teeth. «I have my doubts about his sanity.»

«Do you?' Serena arched a brow. «Are you a psychologist, Mr. Burke?'

«No-«

«Well, I am,» she said, her tone as smooth and cool as marble. «And I can assure you that while Gifford may be unreasonable and cantankerous, he is very much in control of his faculties.»

Burkes face turned dull red. His nostrils flared like a bull's and his chest puffed out. Mason intervened with diplomatic grace.

«Would you care for a drink, Serena?»

«Gin and tonic, please,» she said with a sweet smile, resisting the urge to lick a finger and chalk up a point for herself.

«Coming right up. And can I freshen that scotch for you, Len?»

Frowning, Burke followed him across the room to the antique sideboard that served as bar and liquor cabinet. Serena took the brief moment of solitude to survey the room. It looked exactly as it always had- taupe walls trimmed in soft white, faded Oriental carpets over a polished wood floor, heavy red brocade drapes flanking the French doors that led onto the gallery. The furniture was too formal to invite relaxation. It was a room Gifford never set foot in unless forced. He called it a place for entertaining people he didn't really like. How appropriate that they were gathering here, Serena thought as her gaze wandered over the people assembling for dinner.

Mason was already looking the

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