There was only one thing wrong with that smile.
It wasn’t directed at him. That bastard Grayson was its lucky recipient, and it was all Toby could do not to thrust out his boot and trip the man as he moved forward to take the beauty’s hands.
Tempting, that idea, but inconceivable. Toby might scuff his boot.
No, he would exact his revenge more subtly, more justly. No messy duel, no public denouncement. Did not the Bible advise an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth … or, in this case, a lady for a lady?
Surrender of a Siren is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Excerpt from A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare copyright © 2009 by Eve Ortega
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