February is the month for love. In honor of Valentine’s Day, my Thursday Thirteen consists of thirteen romantic/sensual lines from my latest release My Highland Love.
How does a woman tell her betrothed that she murdered her first husband?
Shipwrecked in the Scottish Highlands, American heiress Elise Kingston quietly plans revenge for the deaths of her daughter and the brother who sacrificed his life to save her.
When Marcus MacGregor, Marquess of Ashlund, returns to his Highland home to discover a stunning American woman has been taken in by his clan, his attraction is instant and he resolves to make her his–no matter what secret she’s keeping.
Elise is shocked by her need for Marcus and, too late, discovers that her feelings make him a target of her enemy–a man powerful enough to destroy even a Scottish nobleman.
1. She flushed at the spectacle of his open shirt, but couldn’t stop her gaze from sliding along the velvety dark hair that trailed downward and tapered off behind a white lawn shirt negligently tucked into his kilt.
2. “There are many ways to ride a horse, lass,” he said softly.
3. Marcus leaned forward, catching one last look at her backside before she disappeared through the kitchen door.
4. The vague realization that strong fingers had gripped her wrists was overshadowed by the jolt she felt when Marcus forced her hands back to his chest.
5. Her mind screamed to break free, but the sight of her palms gliding over his dark skin””the need to touch every contour, to know intimately his powerful body””held her rooted to the spot.
6. Slowly, and with great precision, she pulled him into murky depths where willowy shapes tortured his body and held him hostage long into the night.
7. His only choice now was to take her home or take her there.
8. Beware,” he said, and something suspiciously close to a smile played on his mouth, “for, if I find you disobeying me too often, I will conclude you crave the distraction.”
9. “‘Tis not nice for a lady to call her lover a brute.”
10. Elise awoke the following morning, the lingering warmth of Marcus’s body from her dream state so real that she jolted awake upon reaching out and touching only cool sheets beside her.
11. When she came within arm’s length, he surprised her by dropping the reins and sweeping her into his embrace, then twirling her about.
12. “You don’t kiss a man thusly and expect him no’ to want more.”
13. “Then I would slowly and methodically make love to every inch of your body until you lie exhausted beneath me.”
What are some of your favorite romantic lines from books you love?
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