Spellbound - Softcover

Savoy, Deirdre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583140581 ISBN 13: 9781583140581

Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Arabesque, 1999

Synopsis

Spellbound by Deirdre Savoy released on Nov 24, 1999 is available now for purchase.

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About the Author

Deirdre Savoy started writing romance as a teenager on the beaches of Martha1s Vineyard. The island provided the perfect setting for her first novel, Spellbound.

A graduate of the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York, she has worked as a secretary, a legal proofreader, an advertising copy writer and news editor of a popular Caribbean-American magazine. Currently a first grade teacher, she lives in Bronx, New York with her husband and two children. She enjoys reading, dancing, calligraphy and 3wicked2 crossword puzzles.

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"Aren't you going to kiss me good night?"

"No." Not if she had any sense she wasn't. His hands went to her shoulders, massaging them. It was a delicious, delicate caress that sent a flood of heat coursing through her. "You tried that on the ferry. It didn't work the first time."

"How do you know? I'd barely touched you when you ran off to your car."

"I did not run off," she protested, even though she knew she had. "Besides," she continued. "I'm not the little girl that everyone's been telling you about anymore. I know what a woman is supposed to do when a man she wants kisses her.

"She's supposed to melt against him and put her fingers in his hair and sigh longingly against his lips. It it's a particularly good kiss, she might even tremble a little. At the very least, she kisses him back. I didn't do any of those things."

She'd hoped to wound his ego with her provocative words, but it had the opposite effect. His smile broadened as his hands slid down her arms to settle on her waist. They left behind a trail of fire on her heated skin.

"As you said, there wasn't time. I think we owe it to ourselves to try it again."

"I told you on the ferry. I'm not interested."

"Prove it."

She crossed her arms in front of her. "What exactly do you expect to gain by this?"

"I get to have my way with you."

"What?"

"I get to have my way with you. I'm sure they've heard about these things, even in such remote places as Martha's Vineyard."

Oh, yes, she'd heard of it. It was near impossible to think about anything else. But with all these people in the house, "having his way with her" was at best an idle threat."And if I win, I get to--"

"Have your way with me," he interjected.

"To be left alone." She couldn't believe she was actually going to submit to this. "Is that a promise?"

"Scout's Honor." He lifted one hand from her to make the obligatory sign.

She let out a sigh. "Go ahead." There was a side benefit to this madness. She could put an end to her cousin's ridiculous matchmaking schemes. Jenny couldn't fault her if he avoided her of his own free will. "You don't welsh on your bets, do you?" she asked, just to be sure.

"I won't have to."

Watching his lips descend toward hers, she held herself still, arms at her sides, teeth and lips clamped firmly shut. He'd get no reaction from her whatsoever. That would teach him.

That's what she thought before his mouth touched hers. His lips were not sweet and gentle as they had been before. This was an urgent, passionate kiss that demanded a response. She couldn't give him one, nor could she pull away; then he would win by default. How on earth had she gotten herself into this mess?It only went to prove Gran's old saying about "fixing" people was true: whenever you set out to dig a grave, dig two.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Arabesque
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1583140581
• ISBN 13: 9781583140581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304