Contents
“What are you reading there, old boy? You seem positively…
“There you are, Aunt Sophie!” Entering the drawing room of…
“Andersen Hall would never sell these books!” Fiona Reed sputtered,…
“Mr. Bartlett,” the butler announced as Heath entered the femininely…
Tess was careful to keep her face fixed and her…
“Good day, Joe.” Heath stepped into Tipton’s tavern and nodded…
Tess climbed the stairs leading to the red-painted door marked…
The next afternoon at the Society for the Enrichment and…
Marks-Cross Street Prison was a hulking gray building of stacked…
“I’d like to know how you manipulated this,” Tess ground…
Sitting before the oval mirror, Tess watched as her maid…
Pushing away all thought of Tess, Heath bowed to the…
Tess made her way down the long candlelit passage, thankful…
Heath was laughing and out of breath as he and…
It took all night for Tess to decide that Heath…
Heath’s heart was racing, his breath struggling, and his body…
“What the devil’s the matter with you?” Bills exclaimed the…
“So how do I ascertain Heath’s true purpose?” Tess asked…
“Aunt Sophie!” Tess crouched down beside her aunt, her chest…
As her aunt headed down the hallway, Tess hurried to…
Having dressed with care that evening, Tess stood outside the…
Heath swallowed, anger and some unknown emotion racing through him…
Tess stared out the window of the moving coach, palpably…
Tess surrendered to Heath’s kisses and to the desire pulsing…
Tess rolled over and sighed, unable to believe how deliciously…
Fear constricted Heath’s chest as Tess fell to her knees.
The prison room was small and the furnishings sparse and…
Tess turned to Heath, her face filled with consternation. “Dead?…
“You lying bastard!” Furious, Heath grabbed Reynolds by the lapels.
“It’s too damned cold in here,” Tess muttered to herself,…
Heath didn’t think, didn’t call for help; his body simply…
Hours later Tess awoke to the sound of voices, her…
“Engaged?” Heath cried, disbelieving, and lowering his arms.
Heath followed the liveried servant to Solicitor-General Dagwood’s private study.…
The scents of leather, old parchment, and dust filled the…