Lords of Desire by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, General, romance anthology
ISBN: 9780758239747
Google: uJaQi6AaZmMC
Amazon: B003KN3JTI
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2009-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Dear readers,

I hope you enjoyed meeting Lord and Lady Kilgorn in “The Naked Laird.” They burst into my imagination while I was writing The Naked Baron , so I was delighted to have this chance to explore their love. (And I have to thank the ladies waiting in line at the 2007 RWA “Readers for Life” literacy autographing for the title. It’s quite amazing how much people enjoy brainstorming Naked candidates.)

If you’re curious about how Lord Dawson and Lady Grace (diehard Naked fans will remember them fromThe Naked Gentleman ) and Alex Wilton and Lady Oxbury resolve their tangled pasts to find their happy endings, you don’t have long to wait.The Naked Baron will be out in May 2009.

Thanks so much for being “A Naked Reader”!

Sally

LESSONS IN PLEASURE

VICTORIA DAHL

For my sister, Danielle

CHAPTER 1

London, 1875

Sarah Rose Hood was in love with her husband. She was almost sure of it.

James was kind and handsome. Considerate and smart. He’d taken good care of her in the two months they’d been married, providing a home and servants and new dresses. She loved him. Surely.

And she feared him. Just a tiny bit.

“I’ll be late, I’m afraid,” he said, picking up his gloves from the parlor table. He smiled as he tugged them on. “Hanover will want to discuss the provisions of the new bill, and you know how he tends to go on.”

Sarah nodded as if she did.

“You needn’t wait up.” His rich voice traveled in waves over her skin as he leaned down to brush a kiss against her cheek. “Good night, Sarah.”

She had to hide a shiver at his touch. “Good night,” she returned, still breathing in the strange spice of his soap.

Strange.That was the best word to describe her feelings of late. It was decidedly strange to live in such intimate proximity with a man. Strange to be so abruptly picked up from a life sheltered from the attentions of gentlemen and then simply plopped down into a marriage and everything that entailed.

Not that she hadn’t wanted to marry James. She hadcraved it, but…

When she heard the front door close, Sarah shook her head and rose to her feet to ring for dinner. The meal would be a solitary affair, as it always was on the nights James spent at his club. She didn’t mind. James encouraged her to invite friends over to keep her company; he worried she was lonely. But these evenings alone gave her time to breathe, time free of worrying if she were behaving the way a wife ought to and filling her time with appropriate activities.

The meal of boiled beef and pudding ticked by in peaceful silence, and Sarah spent the rest of her evening curled in a chair in the cozy parlor, sipping wine as she soaked up the drama of the new novel she’d purchased that day. Reading was her greatest indulgence, and James encouraged her to spend as much as she pleased at her favorite bookshop.

Another reason she was certain she must love him.

The new novel proved far too delicious, and the wine as well.

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