The Tycoon's Temptation (HQR Silhouette Desire) by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera [Garbera, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, Surrendering Innocence, Commitment
Publisher: Silhouette Desire; Original edition
Published: 2011-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

The White Willow House was slowly returning to the splendor it had enjoyed in its pre-Civil War era. Some of the antiques she’d ordered from France and Spain had started arriving. She’d hired a local artisan to craft replicas for each of the guest rooms. Lily knew she’d done her best work yet.

She’d neglected some of her other clients to concentrate on the Dexter Resorts project. And she’d been working long days to make up for it. Which was just as well, because in the two weeks since she’d confessed to being a virgin, Preston had left her alone.

Part of her, the Catholic girl who’d gone to confession once a week, was glad. But in her heart she wanted to experience Preston as only a woman could. He made the world seem brighter and life more…exciting and interesting.

She wondered if he thought he might catch it from her. Always willing to go to the wall to win, she hadn’t let his busy schedule detract from her campaign to convince him love existed. Last night she’d sent him two e-mails and a fax with some quotes she’d unearthed.

He hadn’t responded. But he’d sent a thank-you note for the basket of romantic CDs and DVDs that she’d had delivered on Monday. Twilight cast long shadows on the hardwood floors of the suite she’d just added a candelabra to. She imagined how it must have been to live in the days of candlelight. When everything was a little softer.

She imagined a Mozart waltz floating upstairs from the ballroom through the open window and bowed to an imaginary partner, then waltzed around the room.

Someone cleared his throat and she turned guiltily toward the open door. Preston stood in the shadows like a vampire afraid of the light of day. Embarrassed, she put her hand to her throat and looked around for her planner. He looked tired, she thought. As if he was running from something that was gaining on him.

She longed to open her arms and offer him the solace of her body, but she was afraid she’d be left a shell of a woman when he moved on. She wanted him to realize what a precious gift they had been given because she’d come to know that Preston was her soul mate. He looked to the future while she fixed the past. Together they both brought things to each other that neither could live without.

“Don’t stop on my account.” His voice brushed over her senses. That deep husky sound that brought back the last time she heard it. On her love seat two weeks ago. Two long weeks ago. Her heartbeat had doubled and blood rushed to the center of her body.

“It was a private show.” She gathered her stuff and walked toward him. He blocked the doorway with his body. She realized how tall he was for the first time. Maybe it was because she was wearing Keds instead of her work boots.

He raised one eyebrow. “I’m very discriminating.”

That he was. Plus he played his cards so close to his chest no one had any idea what he was thinking.

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