My Seductive Innocent by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone [Johnstone, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: regency romance, Regency Historical Romance, Historical Romance, Julie Johnstone, alpha male, Nobility, Artistocratic, Suspenseful Romance
Goodreads: 25049505
Publisher: Julie Johnstone
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Later that night, after a wonderful day of picnicking marred only by Nathan informing Sophia that she might have been poisoned and urging her to be cautious, he went to her bedchamber door and was about to knock, when her humming reached his ears. The way his heart jerked filled him with dread. He cared for her. More deeply than he was willing to admit yet.

She was like a beacon of light, hope, and warmth. If he held her long enough and tight enough would he eventually feel warmth again? Would he eventually have a use for the emotion that had made him weak and caused him pain? He thought he might, and it scared the hell out of him. Because if he allowed himself to love her and then she snatched it away, he’d never come back from the darkness again. Yet, it was impossible to stand here and imagine that open, honest, guileless woman doing such a thing to him.

Her humming turned into a bawdy ditty about a sailor and his ladylove then, and Sophia sang it with the gusto only she could muster. Suddenly, he wanted to see the world as Sophia did―full of hope, wonder, and the promise of love and there was no better time to start than now.

Forgoing knocking, he opened the door and stepped into her bedchamber. She stood

swathed in moonlight, wearing a very sensible white cotton night rail that started just below her chin and went all the way to the tips of her toes.

She had her hands clasped in front of her as she shifted from foot to foot. He closed the door behind him and eyed his nervous bride. Technically, he supposed this was their wedding night since she had been sick the night they had married. “Where is the frothy creation I found you in night before last?”

“I stuffed it in my drawer. I don’t have the right figure for that gown.”

Nathan raised an eyebrow. Most ladies would never admit they had any flaws, but Sophia was not most ladies. Not that he considered her slight figure flawed. True, she lacked the abundant feminine curves he had previously cared for, but he had grown to appreciate her figure in the last several days. She was slender and graceful, but it was obvious by the night rail she wore, which was more suited for a nun than a duchess, that she did not feel very womanly.

The right words and many well-placed caresses would make Sophia confident in her charms. He quirked his finger and was pleased when she didn’t hesitate to come to him. She stopped directly in front of him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “Nathan, I hope I don’t disappoint you.”

Rather than offer words he didn’t think she was ready to believe, he leaned down and traced the soft fullness of her lips with his tongue. She trembled in his arms and crushed her body to his. “Where did you get this night rail?” he asked, trailing his hands down her back and over her firm buttocks.

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