of her wilding urges or for loving affection.
One moment the panther was still there, the next he was gone. The lawn lay empty again under the brazen and benevolent light of the moon.
Anne-Marie put her head on Lucien’s chest and closed her arms around him, holding tight. He brushed a kiss across her hair.
“Sleepy?” he said.
“No.” The answer was definite.
“Shall I ring for warm milk with brandy? It might do the trick.”
“I don’t think so.”
He glanced down at her with a faint, tantalizing smile. “What then?”
“Come back to bed,” she said, nuzzling the hollow below his collar bone.
He turned more fully against her so she could feel his arousal against the smooth skin of her belly. “That sounds like a she-panther’s call to me.”
“Exactly,” she said, and nipped his skin, then soothed it with her tongue. “Are you going to answer?”
His laugh rumbled, vibrating in his chest. Leaning, he slid an arm under her knees to lift and carry her back to the bed, back into the wild yet gentle darkness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre,” an “icon of the romance industry,” and a “ grande dame of romance.” A New York Times and international best-selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Halls of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including the “Maggie,” the Holt Medallion, multiple Reviewer’s Choice awards, the Career Achievement Award from RT BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written 65 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide. Jennifer and her husband live on a lake in northern Louisiana.
To find out more about Jennifer’s award-winning books and to purchase direct from your favorite outlet, see the Steel Magnolia Press website at www.steelmagnoliapress.com .
Subscribe to Fresh Leaves , the Steel Magnolia Press newsletter, to be notified of new releases and subscriber-only specials: http://eepurl.com/gCgrX .
(You can also subscribe from the Steel Magnolia Press website.)
Jennifer would love to hear from you! Other places to connect with her:
Website: www.JenniferBlake.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000468533638&ref=ts
Twitter: @JenniferBlake01
Historical Paranormal Romance by Jennifer Blake
SAMPLE
~ CHAPTER 1 ~
Carita Grey was not afraid of ghosts or goblins or any other creature of darkness, real or imagined. That was why she was always given the evening errands, such as taking the vicious boxer dog belonging to the widowed aunt with whom she lived for his walk before bedtime or going for the doctor when there was illness in the house. It was why she was out tonight, collecting the flower vase left behind after the decoration of the cemetery for All Saints' Day. It was also the reason she failed to retreat when she saw the stranger sitting on the raised family tomb.
The gentleman was not particularly threatening. He was, in fact, immensely polite, rising to his feet with lithe grace, sweeping off his high silk hat, executing his bow with all the polish of a courtier before a queen. Nor was there anything to distress her in the way he looked: his handsome features and tall, broad form were too pleasing, if anything. Still, there was something about him as he stood there in the light of the rising moon with the white marble sepulchers of New Orleans' City of the Dead gleaming around him that set alarm bells clanging in her mind. That was even before he spoke.
“What kept you, chère ?” he said. “I've been waiting for hours.”
Carita felt the rich tone of his voice, with its shading of familiarity and wry humor, vibrate deep inside her. It set off a rush of fierce longing that expanded, crowding out thought,
One moment the panther was still there, the next he was gone. The lawn lay empty again under the brazen and benevolent light of the moon.
Anne-Marie put her head on Lucien’s chest and closed her arms around him, holding tight. He brushed a kiss across her hair.
“Sleepy?” he said.
“No.” The answer was definite.
“Shall I ring for warm milk with brandy? It might do the trick.”
“I don’t think so.”
He glanced down at her with a faint, tantalizing smile. “What then?”
“Come back to bed,” she said, nuzzling the hollow below his collar bone.
He turned more fully against her so she could feel his arousal against the smooth skin of her belly. “That sounds like a she-panther’s call to me.”
“Exactly,” she said, and nipped his skin, then soothed it with her tongue. “Are you going to answer?”
His laugh rumbled, vibrating in his chest. Leaning, he slid an arm under her knees to lift and carry her back to the bed, back into the wild yet gentle darkness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre,” an “icon of the romance industry,” and a “ grande dame of romance.” A New York Times and international best-selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Halls of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including the “Maggie,” the Holt Medallion, multiple Reviewer’s Choice awards, the Career Achievement Award from RT BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written 65 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide. Jennifer and her husband live on a lake in northern Louisiana.
To find out more about Jennifer’s award-winning books and to purchase direct from your favorite outlet, see the Steel Magnolia Press website at www.steelmagnoliapress.com .
Subscribe to Fresh Leaves , the Steel Magnolia Press newsletter, to be notified of new releases and subscriber-only specials: http://eepurl.com/gCgrX .
(You can also subscribe from the Steel Magnolia Press website.)
Jennifer would love to hear from you! Other places to connect with her:
Website: www.JenniferBlake.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000468533638&ref=ts
Twitter: @JenniferBlake01
Historical Paranormal Romance by Jennifer Blake
SAMPLE
~ CHAPTER 1 ~
Carita Grey was not afraid of ghosts or goblins or any other creature of darkness, real or imagined. That was why she was always given the evening errands, such as taking the vicious boxer dog belonging to the widowed aunt with whom she lived for his walk before bedtime or going for the doctor when there was illness in the house. It was why she was out tonight, collecting the flower vase left behind after the decoration of the cemetery for All Saints' Day. It was also the reason she failed to retreat when she saw the stranger sitting on the raised family tomb.
The gentleman was not particularly threatening. He was, in fact, immensely polite, rising to his feet with lithe grace, sweeping off his high silk hat, executing his bow with all the polish of a courtier before a queen. Nor was there anything to distress her in the way he looked: his handsome features and tall, broad form were too pleasing, if anything. Still, there was something about him as he stood there in the light of the rising moon with the white marble sepulchers of New Orleans' City of the Dead gleaming around him that set alarm bells clanging in her mind. That was even before he spoke.
“What kept you, chère ?” he said. “I've been waiting for hours.”
Carita felt the rich tone of his voice, with its shading of familiarity and wry humor, vibrate deep inside her. It set off a rush of fierce longing that expanded, crowding out thought,
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