One Dangerous Desire
Accidental Heirs, #3
By
Christy Carlyle
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Release Date: April 19, 2016
In a bet between
two old flames . . .
Rex Leighton
dominates the boardroom by day and prowls the ballroom at night. Searching for
the perfect bride to usher him into the aristocracy, he abandoned the idea of
love the last time he saw the delicious May Sedgwick. But when he’s roped into
a bet, where the prize is the means to fund his greatest ambition and the
stakes are a marriage he’s already planning for, Rex is willing to go all in.
There’s just one problem—he’s competing against the only woman he’s ever loved.
Only love can take
it all
May Sedgwick could
be the belle of the season . . . if she cared. She is more interested in the
art studio than the marriage market and her craving to pursue her passion far
outweighs her wish for a titled husband. Winning this bet will finally allow
May to follow her true artistic desires. Rex losing is just a side benefit, as
are his breathtaking kisses that she just can’t resist.
When May is forced
to choose between the dream she never knew she wanted and the man she’s never
been able to forget, Rex must convince her desire is worth a bit of danger.
He lowered himself
onto the settee, his weight dipping her lower into the upholstery. She moved
away from him, but he leaned close, his heat warming the side of her body.
“It’s you, May. You’re always what draws me.”
When she turned to
face him, he leaned forward and reached a hand up to her face.
“W-what are you
doing?”
After drawing a
feather-light touch across her cheek, he drew back to show her his wet
fingertip. “You’re crying.”
“I’m not crying.”
May lifted a hand and swiped at her cheeks, stunned to find dampness on both.
“Then it’s worse
than I feared.” One of his lopsided grins made her stomach tumble. “It seems
you’re leaking from the corner of each eye.”
“Don’t tease me.”
Pushing lightly against his shirtfront to create a bit of space between them,
May found her palm crushed against the solid plane of his chest.
He clasped her hand
in place with his own. “Feel that?”
“I . . .” Her mind
failed her. Her tongue tangled in her mouth. Sensation was all she could
manage, absorbing the jump of his heartbeat against her skin.
“No feigning. No
tease. That is what you do to me.”
She’d felt like
this before. Tipping, her heart in her throat, her head in the clouds.
Toppling, faster and further, into a love that would swallow her up if she let
herself go.
“I’m not the girl I
was six years ago.”
He wrapped his arm
around her, nudging her closer, lowering his head as if he’d take her lips. “I
know who you are, May. I’ve never forgotten.”
Fueled by Pacific
Northwest coffee and inspired by multiple viewings of every British costume
drama she can get her hands on, USA Today bestselling author Christy Carlyle
writes sensual historical romance set in the Victorian era. She loves heroes
who struggle against all odds and heroines who are ahead of their time. A
former teacher with a degree in history, she finds there's nothing better than
being able to combine her love of the past with a die-hard belief in happy
endings.
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