Velvet Fire — Elda Minger

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It was a cruel twist of fate that brought Gwyn to the Dark Stallion. As a country vicar's daughter, the beautiful young woman had nowhere to turn after she was indentured to Janet Wickens, the madame of London's most fashionable whorehouse. Knowing that her innocence would bring a high reward to fill Janet's coffers made Gwvn pray for a gentle man with a kind soul to come to her rescue. But when Andrew Hawksworth won Gwyn from Janet with the highest bid in an auction, she was more afraid than ever. Something about his vivid blue eyes made her insides melt; one look at his boldly muscled frame and Gwyn knew that she would die for a moment in his embrace...

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For Andrew, women were mere playthings for his amusement. But there was something hypnotic about Janet's newest acquisition. He needed to have Gwyn's dark golden hair wrapped around his fingers; he burned to have her creamy skin as his own to touch. The fact that Gwyn was still naive in the ways of love only made him want her more; Andrew swore that no matter the price he would make Gwyn his own, consuming her in the ecstasy of VELVET FIRE

Hero: Andrew Hawksworth, Earl of Scarborough
Heroine: Gwynneth (Gwyn) Sleaforth