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10/04/2010: Dark Desire
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I have to find out what it is. It's going on the TBR list as soon as I know.
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Too Wicked To Kiss by Erica Ridley
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"Lost again, my little lamb?" came his low, droll voice. She shivered. Definitely a wolf.
From somewhere in the back, a chair scraped across the floor, followed by slow, relentless footfalls. Heroine edged backward into the relative comfort of the vacant hallway.
He caught her before she had a chance to run.
Once again, she was up against a wall, her spine to the wainscoting. This time, however, she was not pinned by the wrists but rather by the heat in his gaze. Glowing and darkening with each flicker of candlelight, his eyes focused on hers, without moving, without blinking.
By the time heroine realized hero was very, very angry, it was too late. His palms were flattened to the wall above each of her shoulders, his feet planted on either side of hers, trapping her in place.
"I didn't mean to startle you," she stammered, helplessly staring back at him as she gulped for scraps of air.
He smiled. Darkly. Wolfishly. Alarming. But he said nothing.
"I-I'll just head back to my chambers now, then". She meant the words to be decisive and firm, but they sounded fearful and tentative even to her own ears.
"Will you?" he asked, his face dipping closer to her, his intent clear. "When the night is just getting interesting?"
Heroine pressed her lips together and the back of her head against the unyielding wall.
"Don't kiss me in anger," she whispered. Her visions had explicitly illustrated the level of damage lust from a violent brute like her stepfather could do. She had no wish to be ravished-or ravaged-by any man under the influence of drink or rage. Ever.
"In anger?" Hero repeated softly, lowering his head until his breath coasted across her cheek. Her nerves prickled, as if she could feel that moist heat tickling against every inch of her flesh. He smiled again. "But I'm quite pleased by your presence, little lamb. I'm hoping your sweet kisses will make me forget my anger."