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I know, without him even laying a finger on me, that he could sate me totally and utterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot that he’s interested. Men, especially prime specimens like Marrok, are never attracted to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m not beautiful. Unusual or striking is how people usually describe me. My black hair, super pale skin, and odd violet eyes make me look like an extra from a Halloween spectacular. I even dress weirdly, according to my mom, like a cross between a bohemian and a ren-fair reject. And I’m plump. Put all that together, and it’s little wonder my track record with the opposite sex is nonexistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Marrok continues to stare. Nonstop. His mouth twists in a mysterious expression I wouldn’t call a smile. Something about the way he looks at me makes me feel as if he knows my every thought and enjoys making me nervous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur silence stretches on. It doesn’t help that he flusters me so badly I can barely form words. Around him, I feel like a tongue-tied idiot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis opinion doesn’t matter. Forget this morning’s dream about Marrok. He’s an artist. You own a fledgling gallery. He has product to consign. Work it out…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy inner voice is pesky, but it’s right. If I want to keep the doors open, I have to stop mooning over this hot hunk and negotiate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nice to meet you, Marrok… I didn’t catch your last name.” I tremble as I stick out my hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe glances at my outstretched fingers but doesn’t take them. “Marrok of Cadbury.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat kind of name is that? His alias as an artist? Something he invented because he thought it sounded cool? Whatever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI lower my hand and force a smile. “Olivia Gray. I’m interested in carrying your carvings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou have talent that deserves attention. I could help you—while making you a tidy sum.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe raises a dark, disquieting brow. “Money interests me not.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Prestige, then? Recognition. Like I said—”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I do not seek recognition.” He steps closer, blocking me in behind the shop’s counter, and towers over me. If his aim is to intimidate me with his size…score. One of his biceps looks as thick as my thigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what he’s making me feel isn’t fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve never been so aware of a man. Of my nipples being hard under my blouse. Of my pussy being wet beneath my skirt. It’s hard to even look at him without wanting to melt against his wide chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut we’re here for business, so I square my shoulders. “You must want something in exchange for your work. Tell me, and I’ll—”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You know what I want.” His rough voice sounds dangerous. Demanding. Like a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrill spreads through my body. My reaction is as confusing as he is. “I don’t.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter refusing to shake my hand, Marrok breaches my personal space, clamping his thick fingers around my hips. His woodsy, wild scent envelops me. Desire jolts me like I’ve been lashed by a live wire. His touch is hot. Unsettling. And sexual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Look at me,” Marrok insists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen did I start staring at the iron wall of his chest? Why am I not telling him to back away?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs I blink up, my head snaps back. His stormy eyes capture my stare. And his expression makes one thing very clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy lust isn’t one-sided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI go weak in the knees. Yeah, I always thought that was a silly cliché. 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I love the characters. ...such a great story that I couldn’t put it down!\u003c\/em\u003e” – Amazon Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e❣️\u003cstrong\u003e Inside STRICTLY SEDUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e ❣️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs spring approached, Maddie could think of nothing except the mysterious stranger who now owned her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter leaving Mr. Hockelspeck and visiting the rest of her late husband’s creditors, each had indicated that a gentleman had purchased her debt and insisted on remaining anonymous. She still had no notion who, what, or when to pay—much less why. Each day that slipped by frayed her nerves a bit more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the interim, Maddie had purchased her daughter a new pair of much-needed shoes, and Aunt Edith had persuaded her to splurge on a chicken for stew to celebrate her freedom from the creditors’ incessant demands. Maddie hadn’t had the heart to worry her elderly aunt about the money she still owed and the enigmatic stranger to whom she owed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAt a sudden knock on her door, she gazed at the mantle clock. Nine o’clock in the evening. A very late hour for visitors, especially in quiet Hampstead. Frowning, Maddie set aside the tattered frock she’d been mending and strode to the parlor door.\u003cbr\u003eAs her butler Matheson’s heels clicked across the floor, her stomach twisted as she waited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter a low-voiced exchange, Matheson approached.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Who is it?” she whispered, then bit her lip fretfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“He says he’s a gentleman who wishes to remain anonymous.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaddie’s heart stuttered. She drew in a deep, trembling breath, knowing the moment she had dreaded had unflinchingly arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Is he anyone I know?” she whispered to her butler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I’m afraid he is,” drawled a deep voice beyond the parlor door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt was a voice Maddie never, ever thought to hear again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA sudden, dizzying spike of shock swept over her. Mouth gaping, she reached for the wall to steady herself and peeked past Matheson, hoping her ears had deceived her.\u003cbr\u003eThey had not. Brock Taylor had returned to Ashdown Manor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs bold as could be, here stood the cad who had broken her heart five years ago when he’d left her to seek his fortune. From gossip and reputation, she knew he had more than found it. Now refined and wealthy—and more handsome than ever—he stood in her foyer wearing a faintly wry smile and a stylish green coat that perfectly matched his mocking eyes. The thick waves of his mahogany hair still wouldn’t quite behave. Maddie remembered running her fingers through them with a bittersweet pang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Brock.” His name tumbled from her lips on a whisper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“How kind of you to remember me, Lady Wolcott.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHe spoke her married title with contempt, matched by the disdain in his eyes. She swallowed. Why was he here? What did he want? Had he, of all people, truly bought her debt? She fought for her next breath, trying to beat back the panic encroaching.\u003cbr\u003eBrock turned to her butler. “Fetch your mistress a spot of tea. She looks unwell.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHer butler sent her a measuring stare. “Indeed, sir.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMatheson quit the room before she could object, leaving her alone with the man she’d sworn to hate for the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“You are not welcome here.” Maddie lifted her chin sternly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Have you no kind words for an old...friend?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMouth dropping open, she glared at him. Five years after betraying her, Brock Taylor stood in her parlor as if he belonged here. Of all the things she’d envisioned saying to him over the years if she ever saw the cad again, not a single one came to mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Friend?” She raised a disdainful brow at him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“May I sit?” He did so without waiting for her reply, dwarfing the ancient rosewood armchair. “Perhaps you should sit as well. You really do look pale.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThough Brock’s voice had acquired a definite upper crust clip, one of the few qualities that had not changed about the scoundrel was his smile. The wicked tilt of that wide mouth still bespoke sin, as potent and beguiling as ever. Once upon a time, she had been innocent enough to fall prey to the charm of his grin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe was no longer that green girl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaddie feigned calm as she faced Brock. “Matheson said you are the anonymous gentleman. Is that so?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Yes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHis clipped reply hit her like a blow to the chest. Legs weak beneath her, she tread slowly to the sofa and sank to its threadbare cushions. “Why? Eight thousand pounds is a great deal of money.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHe shrugged. “Or not, depending.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaddie fixed narrowed eyes upon him. “Depending upon what?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“The repayment one receives.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I knew I could count on you to make demands.” You opportunistic blackguard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe words were out before Maddie could stop them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe clenched her hands into angry fists. Damn him for buying her debt. Damn him twice for taking her heart and her innocence five years ago, then leaving her in his quest for wealth. 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