Touch of a Scoundrel (Touch of Seduction 3)
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“Louisa’s leading that dog a merry chase, but he may yet run the vixen to ground.” His dark head disappeared under the sheets and found a place to rest between her breasts. “Fortunately, it’ll be Teddy’s problem in a week.”
Theodore had volunteered to step up and deal with the issues associated with the estate while Griffin and Emma went on their honeymoon. First, they’d escort her father to Görbersdorf for treatment and while he convalesced there, the happy couple would tour the capitals of Europe—always taking care to avoid the ones which had an outstanding arrest warrant for the bride, of course.
That meant Ted would see to the disposition of the influx of funds brought to the estate by the timely return of the Rebecca Goodspeed. It also meant he’d be stepping into Griffin’s shoes with respect to their sister.
“Teddy’s going to be very busy,” Emmaline said breathlessly. The way Griffin teased her breasts while his warm breath swirled over them made her toes curl. “Perhaps Lady Cressida is safe for a while yet, then.”
“Yes, but you aren’t.” He rose up and traced the thin line of gold at her throat. He circled the locket with her mother’s picture inside it that Monty had given her as a wedding present and suddenly his eyes glazed over. A vein bulged on his forehead.
Emma cupped his cheeks. “Griffin. Come back.”
He moved his fingers away from the locket and rolled onto his back.
“You had a vision,” she guessed.
He nodded.
“Oh, Griffin, I’m sorry. I know you hate it when the future presses in on you. I shouldn’t have worn the locket to bed and—”
“No, it’s all right,” he said with wonderment. “Did I tell you that I Saw you drink some of Kingsley’s tea?”
“I put the cup to my lips, but I didn’t drink. Your vision was wrong.”
“No, it was incomplete,” he said. “You had a choice about what to do and you exercised it, something I couldn’t See, no matter how clear the Sending seemed. The future is not fixed. We have a choice. In the past, the problem has always come when I tried to choose for someone else.”
She ran her hand over his chest, enjoying the crisp dark hairs that whorled around his brown nipples. “Do you want to tell me about this new vision?”
A smile curved the corner of his mouth. “We’re going to have a child within a year.”
Emmaline sat up. A husband, a home, a baby to love. Her heart threatened to burst out of her ribs. “Will it be a boy or a girl?”
He leaned on an elbow and splayed his other hand protectively over her belly. “I think I’ll let you be surprised.”
“Oh, you!” She rolled on top of him, pinning his long body beneath her. “You’re going to live to regret that.”
He grasped her hips and slid into her. “Regret,” he said with a wicked grin, “is a waste of time.”
Have you tried the other titles in Mia’s series?
Touch of a Thief
London’s most talented criminal is about to be fingered. . .
Lady Viola Preston can relieve a gentleman of the studs at his wrists without his being any the wiser and pick any lock devised by man in less than a minute. But she’s careful to wear gloves when she steals jewels. Because when Viola touches a gemstone with her bare skin, it “speaks” to her, sending disturbing visions—visions almost as unsettling as the sight of the cool-eyed stranger who catches her red-handed.
Now Viola will only be stealing at Greydon Quinn’s behest. And even more daunting than the violent history of the red diamond he’s after is the prospect of a night in the devastatingly handsome lieutenant’s arms. Touch has always been Viola’s weakness, and the full body-to-body contact Quinn has in mind is about to shatter her defenses and set her senses reeling.
Touch of a Rogue
He can keep her safe . . . or be her very ruin . . .
Jacob Preston has three requirements for a woman desiring access to his bed: She must be enthusiastic in affairs of passion, jaded in matters of the heart, and—to ensure the first two qualifications—she must be married.
Lady Julianne Cambourne has all the makings of a passionate lover, and she certainly shows no signs of sentimentality. . . but her unmarried status should render her firmly off limits to Jacob.
Instead, it proves only a temptation. One that grows stronger when she comes to him in desperation, looking for the kind of answers only he can give. For beyond his rakish reputation, Jacob is known for the mysterious—even otherworldly—power of detection he commands through his sense of touch. And Julianne, surrounded by long-hidden secrets that threaten to ensnare her in a deadly trap, will do whatever it takes to recruit his skills . . . using every form of persuasion at her disposal....
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