Strangers at Dawn by Thornton Elizabeth

Author:Thornton, Elizabeth [Thornton, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780307429667
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2009-12-23T08:00:00+00:00

IN THE CONVERTED GARDENER’S COTTAGE, CONSTANCE stretched, catlike in the confines of the small trundle bed, replete after their feverish lovemaking. She laid her hand on her lover’s bare chest. “We’re taking an awful risk meeting here, Beckett. Now that Sara is home, Drew won’t be able to stay away.”

Beckett rolled to the edge of the bed, rose, and lit a thin cigar from the candle on the mantelpiece. The cigars were a present from Constance. Not many footmen were treated so royally, he thought, and grinned. Courtesy of Constance, he had an endless supply of the finest cigars and brandy that money could buy, as well as personal trinkets that were easily turned into hard cash. She wasn’t bad in bed either, though, like Sir Ivor, he preferred more tender flesh. He’d rather be banging the young daughter, Lucy, than the mother. But this wasn’t only pleasure. This was a means to an end.

He, and no one else, was going to claim the reward for finding William Neville’s remains.

When he turned back to the bed, she had covered herself with the sheet. “You think he’ll start staying over at the cottage now that Miss Carstairs is home?”

Constance watched him through half-lowered lashes. He was unashamedly naked, and muscles rippled in his arms and shoulders. He was young and strong and beautiful. She didn’t care that he was Lady Neville’s footman. He made life bearable in this godforsaken place.

Her voice thickened. “I don’t know, but I don’t want to take foolish risks.”

“Are you still in love with him?” he asked whimsically.

She wished she’d never told him about Drew. But Beckett was so easy to talk to. He’d come into her life when she needed a friend, after Drew had rejected her. “I never loved him,” she said. “We were both lonely, that’s all.”

“And what about me? What do you feel for me?”

“You know I’d do anything for you.”

He threw his cigar in the empty grate and came to sit on the edge of the bed. Smiling, he pulled the sheet down till she was completely exposed to his view. “I want to make love to you in your own bed,” he said huskily. “In Longfield.”

Her eyes went wide and she shook her head. “Beckett, no. It’s too dangerous. Someone could find us out.”

“Not if we’re careful. You could let me into the house and no one would be the wiser. You said you would do anything for me.”

“No.”

“I want to. It will be exciting.”

He spread her legs wide and began to stroke into her with his fingers. When she moaned, he smiled. “Say yes to me, Constance.”

She gave him the answer he wanted. He thought of Lucy, climbed on top of her and gave her what she wanted.

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