A Countess by Christmas by Annie Burrows

Author:Annie Burrows
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-10-31T23:00:00+00:00

Lord Bridgemere felt as though she had slapped him all over again. Last night he had assumed it had been Swaledale she had wanted to strike, that he had been the one who had made her so angry.

But now he was not so sure.

The reproachful look on her face before she had deliberately turned her back on him had made him wonder if she could possibly have discerned the effect she’d had on him last night. But, hell, what man could hold a woman like her in his arms and not become aroused? She was so warm, so soft, and so very much alive! And as he had held her it had been as though her life force had flowed into him, making him feel, making him want…

If she had not run upstairs like a frightened little girl she would have discovered he could behave every bit as badly as Swaledale. And there would have been nobody to stop him.

Who would dare? They courted him, fawned over him, said yes, My Lord, and no, My Lord until he could barely stomach the sight of them. All except this proud, vibrant girl, who had barely stopped challenging him from the moment she had set foot in his house. Effortlessly breaching the walls he had built up so painstakingly. Dull but safe bulwarks comprised of duty, cemented together by plentiful application of steady routine. She made him act upon impulse. Brought him back to life…

But with life came pain. He felt it now, in the wake of her reproachful rejection. Almost as badly as he had felt it last night when she had slapped him.

His face twisting in self-disdain, he turned his horse away from the clearing and cantered away into the woods.

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