My Enchanting Hoyden (A Once Upon A Rogue Novel, #3) by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone [Johnstone, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Regency Romance, regency historical romance, Historical romance, Nobility, alpha male, Julie Johnstone, Aristocrats, second chances, pacts, friends to lovers
Publisher: Julie Johnstone
Published: 2015-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

Jemma’s pulse beat frantically in her neck, but it wasn’t in fear. It was in anger. How dare Lord Glenmore think to follow her and try to force himself upon her?

“Unhand me!” she demanded again in a stern voice.

Lord Glenmore leered at her and gripped her arms harder. “I knew you had spirit.”

Yes, that ruse was up. She was about to show him just how spirited she could be. She reared her knee back, his eyes widening in understanding just as her kneecap connected with his groin. The man went down, becoming a stuttering, gasping heap at her feet just as footsteps pounded toward them. She twirled around to find Philip racing in her direction before coming to a stop.

He glanced between her and Lord Glenmore, who was now whimpering and curled in ball. Philip stepped close to her, his presence comforting. He touched her arm. “Are you unharmed?”

She nodded. “Though I cannot say the same for Lord Glenmore.” She gazed down at the man. “I daresay he’s regretting trying to grope me now.”

Philip’s nostrils flared, and a dark look passed over his face. “Not nearly as much as he’s going to regret it.” He bent over, grabbed Lord Glenmore by the lapels, and yanked him halfway to a stand. The man hung there, the lower half of his body still sprawled on the ground, his arms dangling.

Philip leaned over him. “Get up now or I’ll aim my very solid boot into your very sore groin.”

Lord Glenmore staggered to his feet. His face was twisted in a grimace, and his hands covered his manhood. “She tried to unman me.” He glared at Jemma.

The nerve of the man!

“Only after you tried to take advantage of me,” Jemma spat.

A deep growl came from Philip that made Jemma stare at him in shock. He seemed outraged for her, as if he really cared, as if he was, indeed, a true gentleman.

He closed the distance between himself and Lord Glenmore and stared down at the man. “You will leave this house at once, and you’ll never approach Miss Adair again.”

“Why would I do that?” Lord Glenmore snapped, though his cowed stance did take away from the threat of defiance he was trying to display.

“You will do that.” Philip seethed, yanking the man to him by his lapels once again, “because if you do not, I will call on your father and tell him you are a sexual deviant who likes to beat women for pleasure. I’m quite sure that your father, who is a well-known honorable paragon of nobleness, would be dismayed to hear of your proclivities. I’d venture to say he may even disinherit you. I’ve heard him talk of sin before, mind you.”

“You arse,” Glenmore snarled.

Philip grinned. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

“You cannot prove anything.”

“I assure you I can,” Philip replied. “Shall I tell you how?”

Glenmore’s burning gaze swung between Jemma and Philip. “No,” he snarled, motioning toward Jemma. “She’s not worth all this trouble. If you want her so badly, you can have her.

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