Silken Threads
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He returned his gaze to her eyes, to find her regarding him with loathing...and surprising dispassion. “Get it over with, then.”
Hugh pushed back from the door, studying her closely. “Just like that?”
“You’re right—I’m outmatched,” she said, exhibiting a remarkable degree of composure, under the circumstances. “I may not be able to walk away from here unscathed, but I do intend to walk away. I won’t struggle, so long as you take that knife from my throat and just...do what you came for and be done with it.”
“Indeed.” With a smile of triumph, Hugh slipped the jambiya back in its sheath and reached toward his belt. “How very accommodating of you.”
About the Author
Patricia Ryan has written more than two dozen novels, which have garnered rave reviews and been published in over twenty countries. A RITA winner and four-time nominee, she is also the recipient of two Romantic Times Awards and a Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination for the first book of her historical mystery series featuring Boston governess Nell Sweeney, which she wrote under the name P.B. Ryan. Pat’s Evil Twin, Pamela Burford, is also a published romance novelist. Visit Pat’s website at http://www.patricia-ryan.com.