Saving Grace by Carolyn Davidson

Author:Carolyn Davidson [Davidson, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-05-02T06:38:58+00:00

Though she’d known that she was attractive to him, and to others, in this Grace was facing the unknown. She’d told him of boys and men who had sought her out as a young girl, who’d praised her beauty and perhaps yearned to own it.

She’d felt the cruel hands of a man on her flesh, yet she looked at Simon now with trust, for though she might not understand what was to come, she had faith that Simon would make all things beautiful for her tonight. Yet, a nagging fear crept in, setting loose a trembling she could not control. Simon had promised her many things, his care of her, his patience, his arms to hold and protect her. And Grace was determined to be all that he needed, all that he wanted tonight. She could not fail him in this.

Her face was a pale oval, for the room was unlit but for the rising moon and the few stars that shone in awakening splendor across the darkening sky. And yet there was a faint smile there, a gentle curve of her lips that told him she was his, even though she trembled in his arms. He lifted her against himself, feeling the soft curves of her breasts against his chest, the length of her legs against his, as he picked her up, cradling her in his arms, and turned to the bed.

Gently, he placed her against the pillows, the quilt already tossed to the foot of the bed. She reached for the sheet, but he would not have it and hushed her small sounds of protest as he took it from her and let it fall over the quilt. And then he slid his trousers and drawers down his legs and shed them on the floor. With a whispered word that spoke of her beauty, he lay down beside her, his body touching hers with a familiarity she had never known. And he felt her indrawn breath, her soft murmur of denial as she shrank back from him.

“Grace? Don’t be frightened of me. I won’t hurt you, sweetheart,” he whispered.

But he was without clothing, and the only barrier between the softness of her breasts and hips and his own flaring need was the sheer fabric of a gown that offered little protection to the girl who wore it. He would not frighten her by taking it from her, for this night would be long and he had plans that did not include fear on Grace’s part or any haste on his own. And yet he sensed that she withdrew from him, her body moving so that it no longer touched his.

Simon frowned, aching to reassure her, yet un able to understand her reticence. He lifted himself up over her, bending to look into her eyes, speaking words he’d never before found in his vocabulary, for as a younger man, Simon had sought out women for needs that precluded words such as love. And now that word loomed large in

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