Romancing the Rake: Seven Regency Romances (A Rake's Ruin Book 8) by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen [Andresen, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Published: 2021-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

Juliet could barely catch her breath. He thought of her as an emerald? The beauty of the compliment was nearly as good as the kiss had been. “Thank you,” she murmured, turning away. For some reason, looking at him hurt a bit. It made her heart beat faster and her chest ache.

“Shall we hunt for shells before we eat?” Ophelia asked.

Juliet shook her head. “Let’s eat now. The tide is rising quickly.”

They settled into a very pleasant picnic. Juliet tried to remember a more pleasant time. She was having a picnic with a handsome man who’d called her a warm, sparkling gem and he’d kissed her. She wasn’t certain how to tell him that she didn’t need a marriage proposal. That his attention today had filled her with the sort of reassurance she’d been longing for. She needed to know she wasn’t just an annoying nuisance, irritating her sisters, barely tolerated by Dashlane. With Dane, she felt wanted, liked, special.

She gave him a small smile as Chase regaled them with a tale from their childhood. “And there I was, stuck waist-deep in the mud. Dane had to climb in too to pull me out.”

Ophelia laughed. “I can see I’ll have my work cut out for me, keeping you out of trouble.”

Dane chuckled too. “I shall help you, Miss Moorish, and I’ll be glad to share the burden. Now if I could just find a husband for Charlie.”

They all laughed and Juliet looked away, once again overwhelmed by all the feelings swirling inside her. But her gaze cast to the entrance of the cave. “Oh dear,” she murmured. “The tide is in and it’s about to enter our hideaway.”

Ophelia cried, scrambling to her knees. “It never comes this high.”

They quickly rose and began cleaning up all of their belongings. Juliet started for the opening when she stopped. The water blocked most of the beach. “We’re going to have to get wet to make it to the path.”

Without hesitation, Chase swept Ophelia into his arms. “Not on my watch,” he called and swept past them.

Before Juliet could even mouth the question, strong arms lifted her and then Dane pressed her to his chest. “Don’t worry, sweetheart. I’ll get you safely to the path.”

Her entire body heated as her bosom and stomach pressed against him. She’d never been next to a man like this. “Oh,” she gasped as his boots splashed into the frothy water. “Your Hessians will be ruined.”

He chuckled. “I’ll get a new pair. That gown, however, is worth saving.”

She circled her arms about his neck. “Thank you, Dane,” she said. “And not just for this. Thank you for today. I will remember it always.”

He didn’t answer, instead, he leaned down, water all about them as another wave crashed into the shore and captured her lips again. It was brief and fierce and made her ache in her most private of parts.

Then his head lifted as quickly as he’d brought it down and he splashed through the rest of the water until he reached higher ground.

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