She's Got a Duke to Keep Her Warm by Sandra Sookoo

Author:Sandra Sookoo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: stranded in a snow storm, one room at the inn, Regency romance, historical romance, Christmas romance, spicy romance, steamy romance, duke, widower, pretend marriage, fake marriage, holiday romance, virgin and duke, snowbound, standalone romance
Publisher: New Independence Books
Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

Brook finished with a simple knot of his cravat in some bemusement, for behind the privacy screen, Hope was dressing, and she was all too excited about the prospect of breakfast. It was such a simple thing, but she apparently considered it a wonderful part of her day.

And perhaps she had the right of it. When he reached for his jacket—a rich brown superfine today merely to break the monotony of wearing the same thing—he glanced toward the screen. The prospect of dining with her in the privacy of their room was all too charming.

How was it possible a woman he’d met two days ago was making such an impression on him? It was maddening, or perhaps he was slowly going insane due to a Christmastide storm, but as she approached the bed, her smile lit the room, and he thought things wouldn’t be half bad if he could wake up and see that for a handful of years more.

“The navy dress suits you.” Cut more whimsically than her traveling outfit, the bodice was lower and gave a glimpse at the tops of her modest breasts, and it featured three-quarter sleeves. A faint trim of a satin ribbon, also in navy, went about the bottom hem of the dress.

“Thank you. I’m afraid my wardrobe is quite dull compared to what you are accustomed to seeing on ladies in London.” She plucked an ivory woolen shawl from the bed and then wrapped it about her shoulders, which hid that tantalizing peek at her décolletage from view.

“Pish posh, Mrs. Gerard. You would look lovely in anything you don.” Or sans clothing if you would prefer. Damnation, but how much did he want to see her naked and reclining on that bed for his consumption and perusal? His mind jogged to what she’d done to him last night, what he’d let her do, and heat twisted up his spine. He shouldn’t have indulged, shouldn’t have agreed, but the moment her warm, wet mouth had closed over his shaft, he’d been lost.

A pretty blush stained her cheeks. “You are too kind.”

I am a man who hasn’t been physical with a woman in far too long. And perhaps he was slowly going insane because of it. “No. I am honest.” He struggled into the jacket, for if he asked for her assistance, he was afraid that her touch during an ordinary act such as putting said garment on might push him further into temptation.

Once more, he retreated into musings. Perhaps his earlier thought was ridiculous, but the longer he spent in her company, the more he came to admire and appreciate her. Life didn’t work like that, and not between two people so far apart on society’s scale. Hell, he’d courted his wife for six months before their engagement, and then was engaged for another six after that. Yet Hope, that bit of womanhood with bewitching features and a sense of fun, made him think he’d known her for a long time, and that if she were with him a few more days, she might give him a new purpose.

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