A Rogue’s Pleasure
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She grinned. “Sure of yourself, aren’t you?”
He sobered. “Never less so than at this moment.”
With nothing and no one to keep them apart, Chelsea scooted off the bench and into Anthony’s arms. He fell back, and she landed atop him.
“Yes, yes, yes!” She kissed his closed eyes, the tip of his arrogant nose, the corners of his mouth, his neck.
Sprawled on the damp ground, they drew scandalized stares from several passersby as well as squawks from a number of displaced ducks.
She might have stayed like that the rest of the day, but Anthony gained his feet and brought her with him. He lifted her high in his arms and twirled until the sky and ground changed places. When he finally set her on her feet—seconds or was it hours later?—Chelsea clutched his waist to keep from falling.
He didn’t seem to mind. “I love you, Lady Montrose.”
She tilted her head upward and brushed a feather from his silky hair. “That’s a bit premature, don’t you think? We won’t be man and wife for months yet.”
He flashed the rogue’s smile she’d come to love. “I’ve the special license in my pocket. We can be married in two days.”
She sighed. He was completely incorrigible. Completely…perfect. She hoped he never changed. “You were that sure of me!”
He winked. “Frankly, no, but then the first rule of rakehood is to always come prepared.”
About the Author
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of more than a dozen historical and contemporary romance novels. Her novella, “Tomorrow’s Destiny,” appears in A Harlequin Christmas Carol with Betina Krahn and Jacquie D’Alessandro (December 2010). Her previous Carina Press historical romance, My Lord Jack, was released in July 2010.
Hope is also one of four founders of Lady Jane’s Salon, New York City’s first—and so far only—monthly romance fiction reading series. You can find Hope online at www.HopeTarr.com, where she runs an author blog and regular monthly contest, as well as on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
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