Betrayed by His Kiss

Betrayed by His Kiss
Amanda McCabe

IN A CITY OF SHADOWS…Orlando Landucci knows all too well what darkness lies beneath Florence’s dazzling splendour. And when his beloved sister is torn from him he will stop at nothing to avenge her death.… ONLY A KISS CAN LIGHT UP THE DARKNESSBut from the moment he lays eyes on innocent Isabella Spinola something inside him shifts. She is the kin of his sworn enemy, yet he feels compelled to protect her. With every forbidden kiss Orlando’s sense of betrayal deepens – so when the time for vengeance comes will their bond be enough to banish the shadows for ever?

That kiss had been like nothing else she had ever known or could even imagine.

The very ground beneath her feet had swollen like the wave of a flooding river and burst, drowning her, and surely nothing could be the same again. It was as if she'd glimpsed the emotions only evoked by paint or charcoal on canvas.

Yet then he had vanished. Disappeared as if he was one of her dreams—half-hidden, desperately sought, but always elusive.

She closed her eyes for an instant and in that darkness she saw again the way he'd looked at her after they'd kissed. The sadness and longing, the burning fire of passion that had made her want nothing more than to leap into those flames and be completely consumed.

She knew she couldn't have been fooled by that glow in his eyes. There had been no artifice there in that instant—only raw, burning life.

Yet there had been that fathomless darkness, too. The darkness that had frightened her the first time she'd met him, when she'd seen the depths of anger he held deep inside himself. That had been there as well, fighting with the light of desire.

Praise for Amanda McCabe: (#ulink_1fbe9110-23ea-5ef5-8efa-10eba5aea8c7)

THE TAMING OF THE ROGUE

‘McCabe sweeps readers into the world of the

Elizabethan theatre, delighting us with a lively tale and

artfully drawing on the era's backdrop of bawdy plays,

wild actors and thrilling adventure.’

—RT Book Reviews

RUNNING FROM SCANDAL

‘Including a darling little girl, meddling relatives and

a bit of suspense, McCabe's story charms readers.’

—RT Book Reviews

HIGH SEAS STOWAWAY

‘Smell the salt spray, feel the deck beneath your feet

and hoist the Jolly Roger as McCabe takes you

on an entertaining romantic ride.’

—RT Book Reviews

Betrayed by His Kiss

Amanda McCabe

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

This book is for Kyle

‘I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.’ —Much Ado About Nothing

AMANDA McCABE wrote her first romance at the age of sixteen—a vast epic, starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly during algebra class. She's never since used algebra, but her books have been nominated for many awards, including the RITA

Award, RT Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Booksellers Best, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Holt Medallion. She lives in Oklahoma, with a menagerie of two cats, a pug and a bossy miniature poodle, and loves dance classes, collecting cheesy travel souvenirs, and watching the Food Network—even though she doesn't cook.

Visit her at http://ammandamccabe.tripod.com (http://ammandamccabe.tripod.com) and www.riskyregencies.blogspot.com (http://www.riskyregencies.blogspot.com)

Contents

Cover (#u0ad457d4-61d4-5337-a927-74edf7eaa7c3)

Excerpt (#u7d42ffeb-f732-58ed-b7ec-40a1bd182a87)

Praise (#ulink_ca02bfe7-d13a-500b-8ba2-385d5520dc32)

Title Page (#u8c0de6e2-4e9d-56a9-9ed8-950890993f37)

Dedication (#u30121c2c-8264-5db8-847b-e538ef123df6)

About the Author (#u192236af-92d4-5f1c-b9ec-bcc0facd3a05)

Prologue (#ulink_e725ce79-d1e8-57c0-ac19-8f8d8c08a458)

Chapter One (#ulink_797975ed-62ab-5b09-9777-f54d0a07232d)

Chapter Two (#ulink_8f941c26-7bed-5a2b-b029-b1fc92bd31b7)

Chapter Three (#ulink_990013f2-fb9e-584b-83ae-d8fb66d30580)

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Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)