Passing Fancies (A Julia Kydd Novel) by Marlowe Benn

Author:Marlowe Benn [Benn, Marlowe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542044646
Published: 2020-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

Later, as the heavy Duesenberg moved through a plum-streaked Manhattan daybreak, the weight of countless champagne toasts and a blur of brandies drove Julia’s head into the smooth leather upholstery. Her thoughts spun with the turn of the motorcar. What had Philip said? That Wallace preferred debutantes and their mothers. She was nothing like either.

The liquor pinned her eyes shut, but every thought in her head tracked his attentions traveling her throat, ear, cheekbone, nose, lips.

“I’m told to beware your seductive charms,” Julia teased. His scent was intoxicating.

Wallace drew back. Jaw in his palm, his elbow sank into the cushion beside her head. He stroked the skin behind her ear. “Seductive? Not at all. I defer to your wishes.” His fingers slid into her hair. “What would you have me do next, Miss Kydd?”

Julia tasted the warmth of his cognac. Desire twisted awake, curling her spine and lifting her chin. Her eyes opened with the deep pull of it. Stately stone buildings, glowing in the early dawn, slid past the car’s window like fat pink pearls.

“Say good night, Mr. Wallace.”

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