Journey to Enchantment (48 page)
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Authors: Patricia Veryan
Prudence risked a sparkling glance at him. “Oh, tol-lol,” she said.
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“I hope you will not feel compromised to be in here alone with me.”
Even as she drifted nearer to him she said weakly, “The last time I was alone with you, you kissed my⦔
He stroked the afflicted area with one gentle fingertip. “This?”
“Aye,” she whispered.
“Are you sure? Was it ⦠like⦔ He repeated the offence. “This?”
Dizzied and short of breath, she closed her eyes. “Not quite ⦠that naughty.”
“Oh? Could it have been more like ⦠thisâ¦?”
Her head swayed back. His arm was about her. His lips found hers with fiery urgency. She soared into a dim delight, and he kissed her lips, her soft cheek, her brows, her closed eyelids.
“My lovely little rebel,” he whispered tenderly. “My pure fearless warrior maid.”
“CHARACTERIZATIONS ARE SUPERB, WHILE THE INVENTIVE PLOT DEVELOPMENT WILL PIQUE THE IMAGINATION. THE THIRD VOLUME CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.”
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Patricia Veryan
was born in England and moved to the United States following World War II. The author of several critically acclaimed Georgian and Regency series, including the Sanguinet Saga, she now lives in Kirkland, Washington. You can sign up for email updates
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JOURNEY TO ENCHANTMENT
Copyright © 1986 by Patricia Veryan
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ISBN: 0-312-90622-6Â Â Â Â Can. ISBN: 0-312-90623-4
First St. Martin's Press mass market edition/February 1987
eISBN 9781250118486
First eBook edition: February 2016