The Training of a Marquess
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He stared at her for a very long moment. “You trained me like one of your horses?”
She nodded. “Remember how I would touch you, then retreat if you tried to touch me back, and the way I ignored you? That’s all a part of my training methods, the way I get a horse to want to join my herd. I don’t know why it works exactly, just that it does. I wanted you to join my herd, and I didn’t know how else to make you want to.”
Chase burst out laughing. He should be angry, but it was the funniest thing that had ever been done to him. His lady was bloody amazing.
“This is what I’ve seen your horses do at what you call the magic moment,” he said and nuzzled her neck. She cried again, but he’d anticipated the tears and had his handkerchief ready.
“Where do you want to be married, love?”
Not answering his question, she asked instead, “Do you think the twins will want me as their mother?”
That she worried about his sons warmed his heart. “To quote Harry, ‘we would like Lady Claire for our mother above all things’. Like their father, they love you.”
“Forever and a day,” she whispered.
He wrapped his hand around her hair and gave her a deep kiss. Lifting his head, he took her hand and pressed it to his chest. “Here is my heart, Claire. I trust it is safe with you.”
Epilogue
And so, they were married in the courtyard at Hillcrest Abbey and had babies for older brothers Harry to protect and Bensey to draw. They loved each other forever and a day.
A word about the author...
Sandra lives in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Most days, you can find her with her fingers on a keyboard, her mind in the world of her imagination. It's a land where romance and happy endings exist, a land where anything is possible.
A few highlights of Sandra's life she fondly recalls are jumping out of a plane, flying upside down in a stunt plane, and riding her Harley in the mountains of Southern California and along the coast of Maine. She's managed a private airport and held the position of General Manager of a Harley-Davidson dealership.
Although those events in her life were great fun, nothing compares to the joy and satisfaction she gets from writing her stories.
Sandra is a 2013 Golden Heart® finalist. You can find her on Facebook and Twitter @SandyOwens1
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Also by Sandra Owens
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Epilogue
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