The Artful Cousin — Victoria Heland

"I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT IT IF EVER I WERE TO SEDUCE MISS JAMESON."

Waltham gently drew Adriana toward him. "So that you may warn her," he added as an afterthought.

Then his breath warmed Adriana's neck and she melted into his arms. As he kissed her eyelids, her arms rose up. It was then that she came to the heartrending realization that she yearned for this man.

"Might it not be better for you...to...explain..." she said.

"No," he answered, and their lips merged in a realm of pure sensation from which there seemed no return.