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Monday Puzzler, 3/19/2012
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Ooh, I loved that scene in the book! Good choice. This guy was otherwise so smart, I had to wonder why he would do that to her. Huh. Obviously not thinking with the head that contains brains.
I usually hate the mistress set up, but somehow it worked in this book. Great choice!
Phoenix77 wrote: "I usually hate the mistress set up, but somehow it worked in this book. Great choice!"It's normally really cliche but this one didn't feel that way at all! The entire series was fantastic in putting a fresh take on old themes.
Susan wrote: "Ooh, I loved that scene in the book! Good choice. This guy was otherwise so smart, I had to wonder why he would do that to her. Huh. Obviously not thinking with the head that contains brains."Wish there was a like button like on facebook.
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The answer is Unraveled by Courtney Milan.
There had to be some way to put her at ease, but he didn’t know it. Instead he shrugged.
“It’s like this: I can’t put you out of my mind.”
She’d not been expecting that. Her eyes widened. To tell the truth, he hadn’t expected to start that way, either.
“I think of you in my free moments,” he said. The words came faster. “I think of you in moments that ought to be taken up by work. It’s affecting my judgment- witness what happened with Robbie yesterday. I keep thinking of what I could do for you. No- I must be perfectly frank- what I want to do to you.”
She hadn’t moved. But at that, she wet her lips with her tongue. “To be clear,” she said, “when you talk about what you want to do, you are talking about kissing me. You are not talking about throwing me in gaol.”
“To be clear,” Hero countered, “I am talking about having you as my mistress. About having you in every way possible.”
She didn’t slap his face or shriek in horror. Instead she shook her head. “Then the answer is no. I’ve already said so. There’s too much risk for me.”
Ghost brought back the stick and dropped it once more. Hero ignored the dog. “I’m not proposing a one-time liaison. You’ll have a house. Servants. New clothing.”
She rolled her eyes. “Oh Lord Justice, you do know how to woo a woman. Tell me more.”
“Precisely,” he agreed. “I’m not given to effusive sentiment. I’m not good at it, and you mustn’t expect it. It’s best we start as we mean to go on. I don’t need false protestations of love. I ask only for fidelity for the term of the arrangement and basic honesty.”
“And what is the term of the arrangement you’re proposing?”
“One month.” His pulse was beating more erratically than it ought. This was business- simple business. Not something to care about. No reason to watch her so carefully, to wonder what the flicker of her eyelashes might mean. No reason at all. He bent and retrieved Ghost’s stick, to avoid looking in her eyes, and hurled it as far as he could.