attempt to extricate himself from her fierce embrace but climaxed deep inside her.
After a long while, he rolled onto his back and took her with him. She was surprisingly content to sprawl bonelessly on his chest. He kissed the top of her head.
“I meant it, you know.”
“Which part?”
“All of it.” He sighed. “I want you to be my wife.”
“You know how I feel about marriage. It is such an unequal institution.”
“I know, and yet I still love you.” He kissed her again. “I also live a complicated life.”
“So I gather. Rake by day, and government official by night.”
“There’s nothing official about what I do. If I’m caught engaging in any acts of espionage against another foreign nation, I can be executed without trial, and my government will do nothing to save me.”
“That seems rather unfair. Why can’t the government open a department of spying or something?”
“Because that would mean admitting that they engaged in such activities, which are not considered gentlemanly .”
“That’s silly.”
“It’s far worse for those who give up their lives to serve their country, especially in these current times.” He sighed. “I had an idea about that, but I’m not sure what you’ll think about it.”
She came up on one elbow and stared down at his beautiful, sensual face. “What does it have to do with me?”
“I thought it might be a way to convince you to marry me.”
“How so?”
“I thought of forming an unofficial club for those men and women who serve the government without acknowledgment for their bravery. A place where they would feel safe and supported, where their families could be offered help if they died while on assignment.”
“Men and women?”
“Yes, I’ve met some extraordinary women over the past few years who have helped us immeasurably.” He took a deep breath and met her gaze. “We could own the club jointly, and run it together.”
“As true partners?”
A smile hovered on his lips. “Only if we were married, of course.”
“A marriage of true equals,” Faith said slowly. “I think I’d like that very much.”
He reached for her and brought her down on top of him. “Then you agree?”
“If you draw up the paperwork first, of course.”
“So you’ll marry me?”
“It seems as if I have no choice, when you are offering me everything I have ever dreamed of, a man I respect, an adventure, and a partnership?” She kissed him and with a shout of triumph he rolled her over and under him again.
“A man you love.”
“That too,” she acknowledged. “Now all we have to do is think of a name for our club of rakes, spies, and sinners.”
His knee nudged her thighs apart. “Later.”
For once she didn’t argue, she just lay back and allowed him to make love to her with all his magnificent expertise. As the wife of the Savage Rake and part owner of a mysterious club, she was quite certain that her life would never be boring again.
It’s known as the Sinners Club . . . a private gentlemen’s club whose members have mysterious pasts and secret fantasies too hot to reveal. . . .
TOTAL PLEASURE
Unsure of his reception, Jack Lennox adopts the guise of his own secretary upon returning to his ancestral home to claim his father’s earldom. When he arrives, he’s stunned to discover the previous earl’s lovely young widow, a woman of beguiling curves and sensual smiles, warming the bed....
ABSOLUTE SURRENDER
Mary Lennox is determined to remain in Pinchbeck Hall, and a mere secretary isn’t going to tell her otherwise. But Jack Smith is a man of many talents, and soon she’s succumbing to his erotic games of pleasure. Only Mary may have underestimated the intensity of her wanton longings and the depths of Jack’s dark desires....
Please turn the page for an exciting sneak peek of
THE SINNERS CLUB
coming in January 2014!
1
London, 1827
Jack Lennox consulted his pocket watch
After a long while, he rolled onto his back and took her with him. She was surprisingly content to sprawl bonelessly on his chest. He kissed the top of her head.
“I meant it, you know.”
“Which part?”
“All of it.” He sighed. “I want you to be my wife.”
“You know how I feel about marriage. It is such an unequal institution.”
“I know, and yet I still love you.” He kissed her again. “I also live a complicated life.”
“So I gather. Rake by day, and government official by night.”
“There’s nothing official about what I do. If I’m caught engaging in any acts of espionage against another foreign nation, I can be executed without trial, and my government will do nothing to save me.”
“That seems rather unfair. Why can’t the government open a department of spying or something?”
“Because that would mean admitting that they engaged in such activities, which are not considered gentlemanly .”
“That’s silly.”
“It’s far worse for those who give up their lives to serve their country, especially in these current times.” He sighed. “I had an idea about that, but I’m not sure what you’ll think about it.”
She came up on one elbow and stared down at his beautiful, sensual face. “What does it have to do with me?”
“I thought it might be a way to convince you to marry me.”
“How so?”
“I thought of forming an unofficial club for those men and women who serve the government without acknowledgment for their bravery. A place where they would feel safe and supported, where their families could be offered help if they died while on assignment.”
“Men and women?”
“Yes, I’ve met some extraordinary women over the past few years who have helped us immeasurably.” He took a deep breath and met her gaze. “We could own the club jointly, and run it together.”
“As true partners?”
A smile hovered on his lips. “Only if we were married, of course.”
“A marriage of true equals,” Faith said slowly. “I think I’d like that very much.”
He reached for her and brought her down on top of him. “Then you agree?”
“If you draw up the paperwork first, of course.”
“So you’ll marry me?”
“It seems as if I have no choice, when you are offering me everything I have ever dreamed of, a man I respect, an adventure, and a partnership?” She kissed him and with a shout of triumph he rolled her over and under him again.
“A man you love.”
“That too,” she acknowledged. “Now all we have to do is think of a name for our club of rakes, spies, and sinners.”
His knee nudged her thighs apart. “Later.”
For once she didn’t argue, she just lay back and allowed him to make love to her with all his magnificent expertise. As the wife of the Savage Rake and part owner of a mysterious club, she was quite certain that her life would never be boring again.
It’s known as the Sinners Club . . . a private gentlemen’s club whose members have mysterious pasts and secret fantasies too hot to reveal. . . .
TOTAL PLEASURE
Unsure of his reception, Jack Lennox adopts the guise of his own secretary upon returning to his ancestral home to claim his father’s earldom. When he arrives, he’s stunned to discover the previous earl’s lovely young widow, a woman of beguiling curves and sensual smiles, warming the bed....
ABSOLUTE SURRENDER
Mary Lennox is determined to remain in Pinchbeck Hall, and a mere secretary isn’t going to tell her otherwise. But Jack Smith is a man of many talents, and soon she’s succumbing to his erotic games of pleasure. Only Mary may have underestimated the intensity of her wanton longings and the depths of Jack’s dark desires....
Please turn the page for an exciting sneak peek of
THE SINNERS CLUB
coming in January 2014!
1
London, 1827
Jack Lennox consulted his pocket watch
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