Unmasked Heart_A Regency Romance_Challenge of the Soul by Vanessa Riley

Author:Vanessa Riley [Riley, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: widower, Romance, Lovers, Friends, cinderella, Friends to Lovers
Publisher: Gallium Optronics, LLC
Published: 2015-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

William folded Gaia deeper into his arms as the kiss exploded into a heated tangle of her hands clutching the folds of his cravat, a button on his waistcoat, his fingers looping into her thick chignon.

She did desire him. He hadn't misread the attraction, but what caused her reticence? What took away her prayers?

A moan left her as he nibbled along her jaw. "William. I like the smell of you."

She'd panted his name; his name, not the botanist’s.

"Good."

The woman shivered and burrowed beneath his jacket. Her nails clutched his shirt fabric. He savored the plumpness of her lower lip, and teased it until Gaia opened her mouth a little wider. Only for a second did he intend to indulge in the sweetness of a deeper kiss. His heart thundered as the second stretched to minutes.

Before his thumbs ruined her chignon, he stopped and just held her close. He needed to slow down before his thoughts wandered to the long list of firsts he'd begun to create, like the first time to make love to Gaia in a garden.

Oh, things would be very well for them if she committed to the marriage, just as she'd committed to his kiss. Could she be happy with him?

Though she fit his chest as if she was meant to belong there, he couldn't risk opening up his heart completely; not until the Whimple business was done.

Yet as Elizabeth taught him, attraction, love, and faithfulness were three different things. As long as there was faithfulness and attraction, love didn't need to coexist.

Gaia wiped at her eyes. "You must think me wild to allow such liberties. I'm not a good example of a demure duchess."

How could she be so unsure of herself or the pleasure he took in being the one to lead her into folly? The change in the wind cooled his neck, prickled her forearm. He stepped back, wrenched off his jacket, and placed it on her shoulders. "We are alone, and you should be free to do and be."

"If only you'd always feel that way."

There was something in her voice. Was it fear? Ridiculous. A little more time and Gaia would settle into their engagement and forget about Whimple. This time William wouldn't lose.

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