One Taste of Scandal (24 page)

“We should lock the door,” she murmured, letting her head drop to his shoulder, and her fingers drift down his chest.

“There is always a little risk when you’re scandalous,” he said, putting his fingers to the first button at her throat.

She only smiled as he unbuttoned her dress, then captured her arms behind her in the fabric. Laughter came as he loosed her stays and pulled up her chemise, teasing her belly with his tongue. Then laughter turned to sighs as his teasing went lower. He slipped a hand in the opening of her drawers, then when she moved against his hand, he pulled the fabric down and cast it off.

Then, she was on her knees, helping him unbutton his own clothing and free his jutting erection. She took it in her warm fingers and guided him to that hot, moist depth between her legs.

“You are a scandal,” he whispered, as he thrust home.

“I am at peace with that.” Her arms entwined around his back.

“Mmmm, so am I.” He thrust again, enjoying the luxury of her satiny smooth legs rubbing sensuously up and down his calves. Underneath her, he could feel the springs and coarse fabric of the sofa and he rolled, pulling her on top of him so that he would take the brunt of the old furnishing.

He could not wait until he had her like this in the spacious yet snug house he would buy for her. What fun it would be to share the truth of his wealth with her. Yet, it hardly bore consideration, because this moment, on a threadbare sofa in her brother’s home, was perfect in and of itself.

Magdalene gasped as the changed position sent him deeper into her channel, then tossed her head back in delight as her body began to learn the special pleasures of controlling speed and depth.

He had found his way home, not just in London, as he’d expected, as a returning soldier hungry for Mother England, but in this newly scandalous lady’s warm arms. Not for him would be the tragic marriage of the late Marquess and Marchioness of Hatbrook, or the lonely end of Robert Harmony. His mother had done him a great favor by telling him the truth. She had set him free to find his own path.

His discovery? The journey, and it had been a long one, led to Magdalene. A journey home always would.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Heather Hiestand
was born in Illinois but her family migrated west before she started school. Since then she has claimed Washington State as home, except for a few years in California. She wrote her first story at age seven and went on to major in creative writing at the University of Washington. Her first published fiction was a mystery short story, but since then it has been all about the many flavors of romance. Heather’s first published romance short story was set in the Victorian period and she continues to return, fascinated by the rapid changes of the nineteenth century. The author of many novels, novellas, and short stories, she has achieved bestseller status on Amazon’s Romance Anthologies list and on Amazon UK’s Romance Short Stories list. The first Redcakes novel,
The Marquess of Cake
, appeared on the Historical Romance Bestseller lists at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. With her husband and son, she makes her home in a small town and supposedly works out of her tiny office, though she mostly writes in her easy chair in the living room.

 

For more information, visit Heather’s Web site at
www.heatherhiestand.com
.Heather loves to hear from readers! Her email is [email protected]

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eISBN-13: 978-1-60183-112-5
eISBN-10: 1-60183-112-9
First Electronic Edition: December 2013

ISBN: 978-1-6018-3112-5