Tender Betrayal — Lauren Wilde

HE COULDN'T STAY…

Leslie Trahan knew that when she set out on her quest it might very well end up being a wild goose chase. But if her fiance had not disappeared without a trace, she would have never ventured into Mexico to find him. Now that she had, Leslie was staying--with or without the help of the handsome, enigmatic stranger who had rescued her from the marauding banditos. That her self-appointed guardian disliked her was very clear. Overbearing and rude, and at times downright hostile, he had done everything to antagonize her, making her want to hightail it home to Virginia. But when he held her so close to his broad, bronzed chest, caressing her until her senses whirled, and whispered such sweet words of love, she never wanted to leave him...

SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE…

Well, he had done it again! Played the hero. Saving the fair Southern maiden in distress. How he wished he hadn't! Greg Martin had had all he could take of the Southerners and the Mexican aristocracy who were raping his country. And this high-handed beauty was no different. Yet when he gazed into her incredible eyes, he drowned in the passion that he saw burning in their depths. And when he had touch her soft curves, savored the taste of her full, luscious mouth, he lost all resolve, forgetting his principles, his loyalities, wanting only to succumb to this TENDER BETRAYAL.