Prince Of Swords by Stuart Anne

Author:Stuart, Anne [Stuart, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Historical
ISBN: 9780786211166
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 1996-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

But she’d slid from his arms, from his bed, and he made no move to stop her. He wasn’t quite certain why. Perhaps it was simply that he wanted her to a dangerous extent, wanted her so much, his hands were trembling with it, wanted her so much that he was afraid, once he took her, he’d never want to let her go. And that was a weakness he could ill afford.

In the light of day he realized how absurd such a notion was. Such romantic flights of fantasy were worthy of a gothic novelist, not a pragmatic, amoral creature like himself. He felt no duty, no attachment, no need for anything in his life apart from the occasional excitement of a bit of felony. Gaming bored him, hunting bored him, flirtations bored him, sex bored him. Except for the notion of sex with Miss Jessamine Maitland, which occupied a great deal of his less vigilant hours.

He wondered whether she was a witch. It had been more than fifty years since witches were burned in England, but there were still some narrow-minded, old-fashioned souls who thought the cards were an instrument of the devil, and whoever read them the devil’s handmaiden.

He wasn’t one to believe in such claptrap, nor to allow anyone or anything, supernatural or human, that much power over him.

But whether he liked to admit it or not, Jessamine Maitland had bewitched him, enchanted him, so that he did things around her that were entirely out of character for a conscienceless rogue. He should have seduced her, deflowered her, instead of letting her escape so easily.

And he shouldn’t be wanting to run, to push his plan ahead. If he had any sense whatsoever, he’d bide his time, give the runners a chance to settle in before he tried something startling.

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