Category: Action/Thriller Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
ISBN-10: 1448617936
Type: Fiction
Copyright: July 2007
ISBN-13: 9781448617937
A best-selling Regency short story.
Lily Weston struggles to save her family’s racing
stable while her brother’s gambling submerges
them further into debt. She’s confident their
prized stallion will win a substantial purse at a
prestigious race in two months, however, the
machinations of her handsome neighbor hurtles
Lily into a web a deceit. After watching her dear
mother endure years of abuse from her father,
Lily has no desire to marry. When she finds out
her brother lost their home - and her - in a
foolhardy game of chance to their new neighbor,
Julian, Lord St. Vincent, she’s livid...and tempted.
Julian's attempts at wooing Lily gently have
gone unnoticed. When Lily's brother's bungling
efforts to save their indebted racing stable goes
awry, Julian finds himself in a unique position to
help his beautiful neighbor and...grasp his
secret desire.
Excerpt
Beads of sweat trickled down the valley between Lily's breasts, the early morning heat a prelude to a sweltering August day. She continued her firm, long strokes along Alaric’
s back, causing his muscles to ripple beneath her hands. His eyelids drooped in sleepy contentment.
"How does that feel, my love?" she murmured near his ear. "By the time I'm through with you the pain shall be a distant memory."
"Does this tempting guarantee extend to your neighbors?"
Lily sighed at the unwelcome intrusion from behind her. The last thing she needed was for Lord-of-a-Thousand-Questions to plague her this morning. She enjoyed the comfortable silence of the stables during the early morning hours. Her brother, Bennett's, recent escapades forced Lily to release several servants, which meant their
duties fell to her to do.
Two more months, Lily reminded herself. Once Alaric won the St. Leger race, she’d be able to hire her servants back and pay off the rest of Bennett’s debts. Two months wasn’t so long. She could do it.
Her resolve renewed, Lily blew an ebony curl away from her light gray eyes. She patted Alaric's long, sleek neck and whispered her apologies before turning around to acknowledge the most beautiful, yet irritating, man she'd ever met.
Jack London’s cousin writes a heartwarming, young adult story about the glory of life. It is also a heart-pounding adventure to a new and strange world.
