title: The Italian's Passionate Proposal
author:  Sarah Morgan 
description: USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes contemporary romance and women's fiction. Her trademark humour and warmth have gained her fans across the globe and three RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. Sarah lives with her family near London, England, where the rain frequently keeps her trapped in her office. Visit her at www.sarahmorgan.com
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  _**“Taken By You is…**_ **filled with adventure!”**  
   **—** _ **Romantic Times**_
  
   **“DON’T COME ANY CLOSER!”**
  
    
  
  “Your virtue is safe for the moment. I doubt if I could rouse myself enough to
  partake of your dubious charms.”
  
   _Good,_ she thought, awash in relief.
  
  “I didn’t say I wouldn’t feel differently tomorrow, or even ten minutes from
  now. If I want you, I will have you.”
  
  He was so close Luca could feel the hot rush of his breath against her cheek.
  “If you return me to Spain, I will remember you in my prayers until the day I
  die.”
  
  “I do not want your prayers, Luca. Perhaps I want something else from you.”
  
  Luca went still, enthralled by the intensity of Morgan’s eyes. His head
  lowered, his blond hair brushing her forehead as his lips touched hers. Fire.
  Pure fire …
  
   **Taken**  
   **by You**
  
   **CONNIE MASON**
  
  © 1996, 2011 Connie Mason. All rights reserved.
  
   ** _Prologue_**  
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   _Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean_  
   