Callaghan's Bride by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Western, Contemporary, Adult
ISBN: 9780373193554
Google: GTtjA2i6xn0C
Goodreads: 1137810
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Callaghan 's Bride

Diana Palmer

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"Why did you go out with him?"

"He flattered me," she said with pure self-disgust. "He was sweet to me and he seemed sort of boyish. I thought...! thought he'd be a perfect gentleman, the sort of man I'd never have to fight off. But he was different when we were alone. And then he started drinking." "You're grass green," he muttered. "You can't size up men even now, can you?"

"I haven't dated much."

"I noticed."

She glanced up at his set features and then down into the brandy. "Why haven't you?" he persisted.

She tried not to notice how sexy he looked in that black T-shirt that clung to every muscle he had. He was big, lean, all powerful muscle and bristling vitality. It made her weak to look at him, and she averted her eyes.

"My mother came to see us one day, when I was sixteen," she

said uneasily. "She wanted to see how much I'd grown up, she said."

She shifted. "She brought her latest lover. He was a playboy with

lots of money and apparently he saw that it irritated her when he

paid me some attention, so he put on the charm and kept it up all

day. After supper, she was miffed enough to take my dad off into

another room. Dad was crazy about her, even then." She swallowed.

"It made her lover furious and vengeful. He closed the door and

before I knew what was happening, he locked it and threw me down

onto the sofa. He tore my clothes and touched me...." She closed

her eyes at the horrible memory. "It was like tonight, only worse.

He was a big man and strong. I couldn't get away, no matter how

hard I fought, and in the end I just screamed. My father broke in the

door to get to him. I'll never forget what he said to that man, and

my mother, before he threw them off the place. I never saw her again.

Or wanted to."

Cag let out the breath he'd been holding. So many things made sense now. He searched her wan little face with feelings of possession. She'd had so much pain and fear from men. She probably had no idea that tenderness even existed.

"You're tied up in bad memories, aren't you, little one?" he asked quietly. "Maybe they need to be replaced with better ones."

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