Norwyck's Lady

Norwyck's Lady
Margo Maguire

Women Could Not Be TrustedBartholomew, Earl of Norwyck, had well learned that bitter lesson from his traitorous first wife. What, then, should he make of "the Lady Marguerite," a mysterious beauty who claimed ignorance of her true identity? Was she an enemy sent to destroy him–or an angel come to heal his wounded soul?Bartholomew had saved her from a shipwreck, only to dash her upon the rocky shores of his darkest suspicions. But if Marguerite were truly one of his blood-sworn enemies, how then to explain the desire that pulsed between them–threatening to engulf them in a heat as fierce as any flame?

Norwyck stopped in his tracks and rubbed his eyes to clear them.

A wave of dread overtook him as he looked upon a body lying prone in the sand. Long dark hair cloaked a narrow back, but did naught to hide pale, feminine buttocks.

A woman.

Anger was the first emotion he felt. A woman had been aboard that ship, and Bart’s conflicting emotions warred within him. The knight’s code had been deeply ingrained, so ’twas impossible to look upon her bruised and battered body without pity. No woman should meet such a violent and terrifying end.

Yet he had experienced a woman’s treachery, and he would lay odds that she had somehow been responsible for the shipwreck.

He crouched beside her and touched one shoulder, pushing her over. He did not know what he expected, but it was certainly not to cause a paroxysm of retching and coughing.

God’s blood, she was alive!

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Contents

Chapter One (#u60978507-b3bc-5862-ac65-e6290468506a)

Chapter Two (#u40fec63a-1fde-5a2c-9096-d047125455d3)

Chapter Three (#ub66edf31-ed7b-5ebd-941c-1b35bff2d671)

Chapter Four (#ud7fda358-1f99-5835-a2ad-f0d9b1ddb83e)

Chapter Five (#u4e7ee375-0b6b-55b0-837a-bcc600be9473)

Chapter Six (#uea10c245-5b46-5bf4-8f4b-bed26e095eed)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)