"Of course," he said.
There was no of course about it, that she could see. A man who owned a house like this—and, presumably, a boat like the Outcast II—was not your normal run-of-the-mill kidnapper of lumber barons. Or their daughters. Shulamith wrinkled her brow.
"It's a Winterhawk design, isn't it?" she said, for something to say.
"What?" he asked, stopping on the top step and turning sharply to look at her.
"The house," she said. "It looks as though it was designed by Johnny Winterhawk. Wasn't it? I've seen a few of the private residences he's done, and—" She broke off and looked at her abductor. He was rigidly immobile, looking at her with the oddest expression in his eyes.
"What's the matter?" she said impatiently. "Don't you know who designed your house?" Johnny Winterhawk wasn't exactly a household name, but she would have expected at least a spark of recognition. Winterhawk had very original ideas about awkward locations and natural sites, and he had already designed a number of public buildings in Vancouver and a university in the States that they were still talking about. "He's very good, isn't he?" Her glance wandered to the house again. "I wanted a Winterhawk house when we built the house we're in now," she remembered wistfully. "But Daddy...."
As the realization crystalized in her brain Smith's voice died, and her lips parted on a soft gasp. Slowly, slowly she turned her head to look at her dark, hatchet-faced abductor. He was staring at her, his eyes filled with mingled amazement and disbelief. He looked thunderstruck.
No more thunderstruck than she.
"You can't be. You can't be!" she said slowly, her voice a whisper, her turquoise eyes mirroring his amazement. "But you are! You're Johnny Winterhawk!"
"Damn it! Damn it to hell! You mean to say you didn't know?" Johnny Winterhawk thundered, looking as though he wanted to hit something.
Alexandra Sellers is the author of the award-winning Sons of the Desert mini-series. She has written over two million words for print, including 40 romantic novels. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times' Career Achievement Award for Series (2009) and for Series Romantic Fantasy (2000). Her novels have been translated into over 15 languages. She divides her time between London, Crete and Vancouver.
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eBooks by Alexandra Sellers
Captive of Desire
Sons of the Desert mini-series:
Bride of the Sheikh
Sheikh's Ransom
The Solitary Sheikh
Beloved Sheikh
Sheikh's Honor
Sheikh's Temptation
The Sultan's Heir
Undercover Sultan
Sleeping with the Sultan
Sheikh's Woman
The Playboy Sheikh
Sheikh's Castaway
The Ice Maiden's Sheikh
The Fierce and Tender Sheikh
Sheikh's Betrayal
Sheikh of Ice (novella) in the Sheiks of Summer anthology
Silhouette Intimate Moments:
Roughneck
Dearest Enemy
Wife on Demand
Born Royal (Firstborn Sons)
Silhouette Yours Truly and Desire:
A Nice Girl Like You
Shotgun Wedding
Not Without a Wife
Occupation: Millionaire
Occupation: Casanova
Upcoming ebooks:
Season of Storm
The Forever Kind
The Indifferent Heart
The Real Man
The Male Chauvinist
The Old Flame
The Best Of Friends
A Gentleman and a Scholar
The Vagabond
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Letter to the Reader
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Epilogue
Excerpt from SEASON OF STORM by Alexandra Sellers
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Meet the Author
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