title: The Poetry of Sex
author:  Sophie Hannah 
description: Sophie Hannah has published five collections of poetry. Her fifth Pessimism for Beginners was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Award in 2007. She also writes internationally successful psychological crime thrillers. She lives with her husband and children in Cambridge.
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  _His kiss was wonderful . . ._
  
  Her whole body felt hot, as if he’d lit a fire inside her that danced beneath
  her skin and made her burn in places that were as shocking as they were
  secret.
  
  Nicholas groaned his torment. A ragged sob escaped him. Never in his life had
  he desired a woman as he did Sophie; never had he felt such urgency, such
  unbridled need. There was no coyness in her passion, no self-consciousness or
  calculation. She gave it freely and joyously, with a generosity that was as
  innocent as it was brazen. Driven beyond all thought by her responsiveness,
  Nicholas deepened the kiss.
  
  Sighing her rapture, Sophie melted against him. Oh, those sensations … the
  ecstasy! They kindled within her the strangest and most bewildering desires,
  ones that made her moan and flush and quiver all over. She sighed again and
  clung to him tighter. Ecstasy, yes… sheer ecstasy.
  
  **FOR ALL ETERNITY**
  
  _Heather Cullman_
  
  A TOPAZ BOOK
  
  TOPAZ
  
  Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Putnam Inc., 