Sin City Wedding & The Forbidden Princess by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Two

Alyssa sank beneath the powerful onslaught of Merrick’s kiss. She’d never felt anything so all-consuming, so fierce and passionate. This wasn’t remotely similar to what she’d experienced during her light hearted collegiate years, untutored kisses that tasted of beer and youthful enthusiasm. Nor did it resemble the well-practiced embraces from the men she’d dated in the years since, embraces tainted with calculation and ambition.

This was an experienced man with an experienced man’s skill and knowledge. A dark desire under scored his breaching of her lips and the sweeping possession of his mouth and tongue. He consumed her, igniting a fire she’d never known existed until he’d fanned it to life.

Heat pooled in the pit of her stomach, a finger of flame scorching a path downward to the most intimate part of her and she moaned in protest. She shouldn’t want this—didn’t want this. And yet she remained still beneath him, offering no resistance. His fingers forked into her hair, tilting her head so he could deepen the kiss. He softened it, coaxing where before he’d subdued, tempting instead of demanding. Teasing. Enticing. Daring her to respond.

And she did respond, her blasted curiosity getting the better of her.

Her mind screamed in protest while her body softened to accommodate a taking she didn’t want, yet somehow couldn’t resist. Her jaw unclenched and her lips relaxed beneath his, parting to offer easier access. Maybe she surrendered so readily because it would keep him off guard and allow for the possibility of escape when he least expected it. But in her heart of hearts she knew the excuse was sheer self-deception. She couldn’t explain her response to Merrick. She reacted to him in ways she hadn’t with any other man, in primal ways that overrode rational thought and intellect in favor of reckless impulse and base desire.

And it horrified her even as it thrilled her.

One of his hands slid from her hair and followed the line of her throat to her shoulder before settling on her breast. That single brushing stroke branded her, marking her his in some in escapable way. He cupped her in his palm, his thumb grazing her rigid nipple through the thin layer of silk.

Her breath escaped in a soft cry of shock, the sound absorbed by his mouth. His hand shifted, hovering above the bow that held the cups of her bra together. Before he could pluck the silk ribbons free, the urgent clatter of church bells rang through the forest while a pipe organ bellowed forth the first few triumphant notes of the wedding march prelude. The change in Merrick was instantaneous. He levered himself off Alyssa in a flash, his scar standing out bone-white against his tanned face.

“What the hell…?” With a quick shake of his head, he focused on her, the passion scoring his face dying a rapid death. “Clever, Ms. Sutherland. Very clever. You’ll do whatever necessary, even seduce the enemy, to make sure you wear the crown of Verdonia, won’t you?”

The breath hissed from her lungs and she glared at him as she shoved herself upright.

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