by Sharon Page
“You asked me again and I said yes,” she pointed out.
“Then say yes to me this time, love. I want the world to know I love you.”
Everyone waited, straining to hear.
“Yes,” she whispered through a very tight throat. “I love you, too, Devon.”
He surged up, swept her into his arms, and kissed her. In front of two hundred stunned guests, she had just become engaged—to her husband. She could hear the talk buzzing. A duke marrying a courtesan for love? How scandalous. How sordid.
How perfect, Anne thought. And by proposing to her in public, Devon had made himself even more shocking than she was. She loved him. She wanted fervently to show him how much. “Can we escape?” she whispered. “Right now?”
“Eager for another wedding night?”
“I’d like to celebrate our … um … engagement by engaging in a little sin. But we can’t run out on two hundred guests. We should be proper—”
“Anne, angel, neither of us is proper. At heart, we are both wild. So let us be wild.” Devon grinned and set her down on her feet. Despite the shocked gasps they provoked, they darted across the ballroom hand in hand, toward the doors. Toward the future. A glorious future, Anne thought—one that had begun the very moment they had engaged in a bit of delicious sin.
BY SHARON PAGE
Engaged in Sin
The Club
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sometimes writing a book is a process that involves an author traveling down a few wrong paths before finding the right direction and the perfect way to tell the story. I’d like to thank the people who were there for me during the ups and downs of the writing process.
Thank you so much to my editor, Shauna Summers, for ensuring that this book became the best it could possibly be, and for always being enthusiastic and supportive.
A huge thank-you to my agent, Jessica Faust, for being there at all times, even through more than a few “frazzled author” emails.
Much gratitude to my critique partners for guidance, brainstorming sessions, moral support, and baked goods.
Thank you as always to my wonderfully supportive husband, and to my children, who have been so patient during those times when Mommy has a deadline.
And, especially, thank you to my readers. You make it all worthwhile.