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Author: Stacy Reid
Genre: Regency Romance
Release Date: September 14th
When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit. Their back-and-forth letters on the true nature of love, something they disagree on wholeheartedly, leave him shocked—and intrigued. But then the woman he’s been corresponding with shows up on his doorstep, enticingly beautiful and offering a marriage of convenience in exchange for his protection…
Lady Phoebe
Maitland expected to marry for love and nothing else, until the man she gave
her trust betrayed her. The more intrigued she becomes by the mysterious and
devastatingly handsome Hugh, however, the more she realizes he’s holding back
from opening his heart due to long-held secrets she struggles to understand. As
passion flares wickedly between them, their marriage bed is quick to heat up.
But when Phoebe’s past threatens to destroy the fragile bond they’ve formed,
even a budding belief in love might not be enough to save them.
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Exclusive Excerpt:
Phoebe could feel
Hugh’s stare like a physical caress along her nape then down to her hip. I’ll yield to your persuasion… Or more
like his ravishment. Only a few steps away from the door, she whirled around
and ran toward him without checking her speed. His beautiful eyes widened, and
before he could react or even guess her intention, Phoebe jumped, grabbing his
shoulders to haul herself up so she could wrap her legs around his hips. She
did not concentrate on this very scandalous and outrageous position—that her
dress had been pushed to her knees and she was wrapped around her husband like
a vine, her ankles hooked around his back—but releasing one of his shoulders,
she lunged to pluck the note he had been trying to hide.
Yes! She turned
her triumphant gaze to him and realized their mouths were mere inches apart and
her husband had frozen. Clearly, he had not expected her actions, but Phoebe
hadn’t thought it would have so shocked him that he’d turned into this marble
effigy.
She could feel
his heartbeat against her breasts, which she had pressed so firmly against his
chest. A wave of heat overwhelmed Phoebe, and she was unexpectedly mortified
and intensely aware that she could feel every imprint of her lord’s body
against hers. Her fingers tightened reflexively on his shoulder, and his lashes
closed briefly, as if he savoured the sting of her nails that penetrated
through the layers of his jacket and shirt.
“I’ve been
improper,” she whispered, painfully aware of how close his lips were.
Phoebe placed the
note close to her cheek. “Please take it back.”
“Read it.”
“I…no, you did
not want me to, and I should not have acted with such wanton disregard for your
privacy—”
He pressed a
finger to her parted lips. Then he lifted those fingers and signed, “Phoebe?”
“Yes?”
“Read it.”
Painfully aware
that she was still clasped intimately against him, she turned her head and
lowered her gaze to the letter.
Dear Phoebe,
I like you.
I have started out wrong. I am happy that you are
my wife. I listen to you sing to our daughter, and her chortles of joy make my
heart hurt. I’ve never felt such an emotion before, but I’ve gathered it is a
good thing, because I also want to smile whenever I see Franny and you
together. Whenever you laugh, her legs kick, and her smile is comparable to the
beauty of yours. How I wish she could hear my voice, even if once. How I wish I
could sing for you…laugh with you.
About the Author:
USA Today
Bestselling author Stacy Reid writes sensual Historical and Paranormal Romances
and is the published author of over twenty books. Her debut novella The Duke’s
Shotgun Wedding was a 2015 HOLT Award of Merit recipient in the Romance Novella
category, and her bestselling Wedded by Scandal series is recommended as Top
picks at Night Owl Reviews, Fresh Fiction Reviews, and The Romance Reviews.
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