Betrayed by His Kiss. Amanda McCabe

       That kiss had been like nothing else she had ever known or could even imagine.

      The very ground beneath her feet had swollen like the wave of a flooding river and burst, drowning her, and surely nothing could be the same again. It was as if she'd glimpsed the emotions only evoked by paint or charcoal on canvas.

      Yet then he had vanished. Disappeared as if he was one of her dreams—half-hidden, desperately sought, but always elusive.

      She closed her eyes for an instant and in that darkness she saw again the way he'd looked at her after they'd kissed. The sadness and longing, the burning fire of passion that had made her want nothing more than to leap into those flames and be completely consumed.

      She knew she couldn't have been fooled by that glow in his eyes. There had been no artifice there in that instant—only raw, burning life.

      Yet there had been that fathomless darkness, too. The darkness that had frightened her the first time she'd met him, when she'd seen the depths of anger he held deep inside himself. That had been there as well, fighting with the light of desire.

Praise for Amanda McCabe:

       THE TAMING OF THE ROGUE

      ‘McCabe sweeps readers into the world of the

      Elizabethan theatre, delighting us with a lively tale and

      artfully drawing on the era's backdrop of bawdy plays,

      wild actors and thrilling adventure.’

       —RT Book Reviews

       RUNNING FROM SCANDAL

      ‘Including a darling little girl, meddling relatives and

      a bit of suspense, McCabe's story charms readers.’

       —RT Book Reviews

       HIGH SEAS STOWAWAY

      ‘Smell the salt spray, feel the deck beneath your feet

      and hoist the Jolly Roger as McCabe takes you

      on an entertaining romantic ride.’

       —RT Book Reviews