Reed Harwood has been caught, charged with spying for
England and buried alive in a hellhole in France called
Devil's Chateau. He was betrayed and the reason he clings
so tenaciously to life is to hunt down and destroy his
betrayer.
As his cell door rattles, a guard ushers in the woman
dressed head-to-toe in black, her face hidden behind a
heavy veil. Reed has heard about a woman called The Black
Widow, who is rumored to select a prisoner to make her love
slave, then kill him when she tires of him. Even though
that story can't be confirmed, it's known that money is
exchanged and the man of her choice is carried out of
prison and never heard from again. The Black Widow points
to Reed and says, "This one."
Fleur Fontaine dies a little each time she walks into the
prison and sees so much human suffering. No man deserves to
be treated like an animal or beaten simply because he's an
aristocrat. Fleur lives in constant fear that one day her
identity as The Black Widow and her work for England will
be discovered.
Reed soon learns that Fleur is more than she seems. She
nurses him back to health so he can return to England and
take his rightful place as the Earl of Hunthurst following
his brother's death, a title he does not want, and produce
an heir. Reed also learns that Fleur is an escapee from the
guillotine, a French countess, a brave woman working for
the English whose life is in grave danger. Reed and Fleur
flee to London just moments before they are captured by
French zealots.
It's in England where they continue their long journey
together discovering truths much too precious to ignore.
Experience this wonderful adventure Ms. Mason takes us on;
a journey of the heart with twists and turns around every
bend. THE PRICE OF PLEASURE is a sizzling romance,
emotionally powerful and superbly detailed. It's a
memorable must-read.
The Black Widow
That was what she was called by the desperate prisoners
incarcerated in Devil's Chateau. Young and beautiful, she
was rumored to buy men for purposes both scandalous and
secret. Whatever she did with them one thing was certain:
Her unfortunate victims were never seen again. But when
she whisked Reed Harwood out of the cell where he'd been
left to die for spying against the French, he discovered
the lady was not al she seemed.
Fleur Fontaine was the most exquisitely sensual woman he'd
ever met, yet there was an innocence about her that belied
her sordid reputation. Though he'd been tortured and
starved by his jailors, his body reacted eagerly to her
nearness. Only a dead man would fail to respond to the
sight of those ebony curls, the touch of those luscious
lips. Reed was not head yet, but was he willing to pay.
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