title: A Seduction in Scarlet
author:  Sara Bennett 
description: Bennett's latest skirt-lifter featuring Courtesan Aphrodite, a Victorian London madam, stars Portia, Lady Ellerslie, who's weary of living her life to honor her deceased husband, a war hero and favorite of the queen. Courtesan Aphrodite grants Portia's wish to spend one night at Aphrodite's establishment with the man of her choice. While in disguise at Aphrodite's Club, Portia encounters Marcus Worthorne, a man she admired as a young girl before her marriage to elderly Lord Ellerslie. The two engage in a heated tryst, which leaves Marcus obsessed with uncovering the mystery woman's identity. The complexity of the novel increases dramatically when Portia must reconcile her desire for personal happiness with her duty to her country as she and Marcus continue their sizzling clandestine affair. An intriguing subplot involving vicious attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria adds depth and substance to this pleasing historical romance. <I>(Jan.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Yanking her to him to grab her other arm, he forced her body against his.
  “I’ll tell you what you fucking feel. You’re my girl. You love me and I’m not
  letting you go fucking anywhere, hear?”
  
  
  “B—”
  
  
  “Don’t you fucking turn your back,” he growled. “Don’t you even think about it
  for a second. If you dare try to walk away, I’ll hunt you down and make sure
  it won’t happen a second time. I won’t let it.”
  
  
  The ferocity of his anger was fueled by his love. She knew what it was to fear
  losing the object of love. Opening her hands on the chest he pinned her to,
  she moistened her lips but lost her breath when he whipped her around and
  tossed her down to the bed where she bounced.
  
  
  “I’m gonna remind you where we started and where we’re going, and it’s damn
  well not separate ways.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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