A Dangerous Seduction

A Dangerous Seduction
Patricia Frances Rowell

Revenge Was A Kind Of JusticeOne perfectly suited to the rocky coast of Cornwall that Morgan Pendaris could again call home. Having won back his birthright, he could now savor his title, his lands…and the exotic charms of Lalia, the widow of his enemy–who held his heart in the palm of her hand.What Price Love?Sold during girlhood into a loveless marriage, Lalia Hayne had never known the safe haven of a true lover's arms. But now Morgan Pendaris had come to claim her home as his own, and she found herself suddenly willing to give anything for one touch of passion in a stranger's embrace!

“Come now, sweet torment. Tell me, if you can, that you do not want me.

“Tell me you wish to leave me. Tell me that while I take your breath away, while I make you moan. Come, make me believe it.”

He pulled her into his arms, bruising her lips under his. She collapsed against him, and Morgan thought the victory won.

But suddenly she pulled back, holding him off with her palms, her eyes the ominous gray of a lowering storm. She spoke quietly at first, but her voice rose steadily with growing emotion. “You say I want you. And I do.” She wiped angrily at her eyes. “You know it. And you are taking advantage of it, and…” She was shouting now, tears trailing down her face.

“I will not be your whore!”

Praise for Patricia Frances Rowell’s debut

A PERILOUS ATTRACTION

“…promising Regency-era debut…

a memorable heroine who succeeds in capturing

the hero’s heart as well as the reader’s.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Ms. Rowell has a nice touch for penning

likeable characters…a relaxing, romantic read.”

—Romantic Times

“…a promising first romance.”

—The Romance Reader

A Dangerous Seduction

Patricia Frances Rowell

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

In memory of my young friend Morgan Mitchell,

who left us at the age of nine

And for my grandchildren,

who are, happily, still with us—

Zachary Nathaniel, Eric Dean, Joseph Richmond,

Amber Nicole, Camille Elise, Joy Anna, Jillian Paige

and Andrew Houghton

And, of course, for Johnny

Acknowledgment

I would like to thank my friend Maria Budzenski

for her help with this story. She sent me literally

boxes of information in addition to her personal

observations of Cornwall. Thank you, Maria.

Contents

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen