title: Mistress Deception (Harlequin Presents, No. 2111)
author:  Susan Napier 
description: When Rachel had offered to help Matthew Riordan undress after a party her intentions had been purely innocent. She'd been trying to avoid a scandal -- instead, she found herself being blackmailed! Yet, Matthew oozed sex appeal. He simply didn't need to blackmail Rachel into his bed! Or was this some kind of revenge plan because Rachel had clashed with him over a business deal? Matthew certainly wanted Rachel as his mistress. But was he driven by desire -- or deception?
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  A DEVIOUS DESIRE
  
  
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  JACQUELINE BAIRD
  
  
  HARLEQUIN PRESENTS 1827
  
  
  A DEVIOUS DESIRE
  
  
  JACQUELINE BAIRD
  
  
  **CHAPTER ONE**
  
  
  SAFFRON flopped back down on the plastic chair at the roadside café and
  grinned at the elderly lady seated at the opposite side of the table. 'I've
  paid the bill and asked the proprietor to call us a taxi, it's half six and we
  have to be back on board by seven.'
  
  
  'Don't fuss, child, and finish your wine.'
  
  
  'Your wish is my command,' she quipped. 'But remember that is your third
  glass.
  
  
  Don't blame me if your arthritis plays up later on.' And with a wry smile
  tugging her wide mouth Saffron picked up her glass and sipped the sparkling
  wine. She hadn't the heart to deny Anna a few moments longer at the café is
  the ancient walled town of Rhodes. A café Anna had spent hours trying to find.
  
  
  'What was so important about this particular place?' Saffron asked for the
  umpteenth time, but not really expecting an answer. Anna had been very
  secretive abo