A respected widow and an attendant of the Regency court,
Lady Jane DeWitte finds herself dreaming of a man with
startling green eyes that leaves her breathless with
pleasure only to awaken to a reality she is no longer
satisfied with. She is employed as the attendant to the
Duchess of Kent, a respectable employment for a penniless
widow. Her position depends on discretion and propriety.
She is staying in Kensington House awaiting her mistress'
delivery of the heir apparent. Though her late husband was
amiable and good their marriage bed left her unsatisfied and
unknowledgeable in the ways of pleasure. Her dreams awaken
desires she had never imagined could exist. If only
she could have the passion of her dreams become reality.
Sir Thomas Lynne was seduced by the Faery queen, Tatiana,
two centuries ago and her magic keeps him young. He is the
captain of her moral guard, other mortals she has seduced
into her service. Her only goal is to kill the babe carried
by the Duchess of Kent, but the royals have warded
Kensington House against the Fae with the help of their
sorcerers and sorceresses in their employ to guard against a
takeover that could change the fate of Britain, and with it
all humankind. She must gain entry to the house to kill the
babe that is prophesied to be the end of the Fae's
connection to the mortal realm. She sends her most trusted
servant, Sir Thomas Lynne, to seduce Lady Jane DeWitte in a
bid to gain entry to that which seeks.
Thomas sees Jane as a means to help his glorious queen take
over the mortal realm. Thomas does not count on the
strength of the attraction he feels towards Jane. The
passion that is ignited between them very well may be his
undoing. It is forbidden for Thomas to love any other than
his queen. This mission may cost him his heart and possibly
his life.
This story burns up the pages with the characters' steamy
love scenes and the struggle they both face by attempting to
maintain a purely physical relationship. Marissa Day
captures the readers attention immediately with her opening
love scene and setting the stage for each passionate
encounter in the pages to come. Day brings the elements of
a historical romance together and adds some spice with a
little dominate/submission play. This story will heat up
the room with its passion play and forbidden love. The
reader will see the characters grow and transform before
their very eyes as they turn each page. This is must read
book for erotic romance lovers.
Giving in to pleasure may be her undoing...or her greatest
triumph. Centuries ago, Sir Thomas Lynne was seduced by the
faery queen Tatiana. He does her bidding while Tatiana's
magic keeps him young. Now she orders him to gain entrance
to Kensington Palace, where he's to seize an infant, the
future Queen of England, as prophecy says one day that child
will defeat the fae once and for all. To accomplish this he
must seduce an attendant of the Regency Court, the
respectable widow Jane DeWitte. But as he entertains Jane
with her most forbidden desires, it's she who takes hold of
his heart...
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