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Holy Mother. He was pulling her skirt up!
“You can’t do this!” she gasped.
“I assure you, your maidenly honor is quite safe. I’m only searching for weapons. I don’t trust anyone, especially women as wily as you, my dear. Perhaps a knife strapped to your leg?”
His hand moved up one leg, then another. Her pulse quickened. “How dare you?” she whispered.
Nate removed his hand from beneath the folds of her skirts, then turned her loose.
Ann spun around, ready to give him a piece of her mind. But seeing his raised hand, she backed away. “I don’t care who finds me in your room. If you strike me, I swear I’ll scream.” He brushed back the hair that had fallen into his eyes, and Ann realized her mistake. There had been no blow intended.
Nate leaned against the door. “What’s wrong, duchess? Guilty conscience?”
Dear Reader,
What a perfect time to celebrate history-the eve of a new century. This month we’re featuring four terrific romances with awe-inspiring heroes and heroines from days gone by that you’ll want to take with you into the next century!
Antoinette Huntington is the unforgettable heroine in The Lady and the Outlaw, a new Western by DeLoras Scott, which also happens to be the longawaited sequel to her very first Harlequin Historical novel, Bittersweet. Here, the pragmatic and English-bred Antoinette has a romantic run-in with a rugged outlaw on a train headed to the Wild West. Don’t miss it!
In Suzanne Barclay’s new medieval novel, The Champion, knight Simon of Blackstone will leave you breathless when he returns from the Crusades to right past wrongs. In doing so, he rekindles a love that was lost but not forgotten. Wolf Heart is the fascinating, timeless hero from Shawnee Bride by Elizabeth Lane. He’s a Shawnee warrior who rescues a young woman from certain death. Can the deep love that grows between them transcend the cultural barriers?
Corwin of Lenvil, a Saxon knight, is the handsome hero in Shari Anton’s exciting new medieval tale, By Queen’s Grace. Corwin infiltrates a rebel camp in order
