Creamy skin Aiden knew to be softer than spun silk swelled above a dangerously plunging neckline. She moved the fan to her waist…just below her breasts. Her golden gown rustled as she walked forward, with a matching fan in her hand.
He should have taken a healthy tot whilst he was pacing in the drawing room. She smiled, and his goddamned knees wobbled. His mouth went dry and he suddenly needed to take in two stuttered breaths to steady the thumping of his heart.Ĭhrist, men aren’t supposed to experience such heart hammering. A burst of light flooded the passageway, and with the tap of dainty footsteps, an angel emerged.Īiden knew she’d purchased a new gown, but he hadn’t expected this. Perhaps he should knock on the door-perhaps Maddie’s mantle clock had stopped and she was unaware of the time. After pacing around the chamber half-dozen times, he again eyed his timepiece. It cast a hazy glow in the otherwise dark passageway. The coach would arrive in five minutes, and Maddie hadn’t yet made an appearance.Īt least a light glowed from beneath her door indicating she was within. Tuning his back to the looking glass, Aiden resorted to pacing and pulling out his pocket watch.
God’s bones, take me to sea where I can cast aside these frills. Not liking the image, he puffed out his chest and moved a hand to his lapel. He regarded himself in the looking glass above the mantle in the drawing room, sliding one foot forward as he would do for a portrait. The valet had put forth a good effort ensuring there was neither wrinkle nor hair out of place. But when he discovers Maddie’s true identity-and learns that her father is accused of treason-will the brawny Scot risk his life to follow his heart?Īs in the Highland custom, Aiden wore the plaid belted at his waist, the length pulled from the lower right opening of his doublet, around his back and pinned at his left shoulder with a silver brooch bearing the Atholl arms. Even after he returns to his ship, she lives in his dreams. Navy lieutenant Aiden Murray has spent too many months at sea to be immune to the charms of this lovely beauty. Her lips are his for the taking.īut will he betray his country for a kiss? It’s practically her civic duty! But when one such officer-whose dashing good looks cannot be disguised by a mere mask-sweeps her off her feet and into his arms, the innocent lass can’t help herself. Yet at her father’s urging, she agrees to dance with the battle-weary officers at this year’s holiday masquerade. She cannot resist the man behind the mask…Īs the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish earl, Lady Magdalen Keith is not one to partake in lavish balls or other frivolities. Genres: Highlander Hotness, Historical Fiction, Romance
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