She got me! That is, Victoria Blisse tagged me to participate in the Lucky Seven blog challenge, open only to writers. Here’s how it works: You go to your work in progress, head to page 7 or 77, count down 7 lines, then post the next seven sentences, no matter what they are.

So here’s a selection from Desire in Tartan, the sequel to Temptation in Tartan. It takes place just after the hero and the heroine have become handfasted.

It’s gonna be a hot wedding night!

“Stand up and take off your clothes.” His voice had taken on a shard of steel running through it.

“What?”

“Ye heard me. Take off your clothes, every stitch. You’ve done a great wrong, me wife, and ye’ll be punished for it.”

She stared at him open-mouthed.