title: Seduced by a Rogue
author:  Connie Mason 
description: Ramsey Dunsmore, earl of Braxton, is called back into service at the Foreign Office when a missing amulet threatens diplomatic relations between Britain and Egypt. The prime suspect is Phoebe Thompson, daughter of a famed archeologist. The problem for Braxton isn't that the potential criminal is a woman; the problem is the woman happens to be his estranged wife. Perennial favorite Mason continues the success of <i>The Rogue and the Hellion</i> (2002) with this second installment in the Rogues of London series, highlighting, along the way, the expanding field of Egyptology that hallmarked the Victorian era. At times the dialogue feels a bit too modern, and one wishes that Phoebe and Ramsey's quarrel could be resolved sooner, yet this otherwise fast-paced, sexy read will please Mason's faithful readers and all fans of lively historicals and fiction with an Egyptian flavor. <i>Nina Davis</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  DISARMED BY A DANCE
  
  Annique rubbed her eyes. “I’ll do whatever Leblanc wishes. I have no choice.”
  
  “I’ll have you when he’s through with you,” sneered Henri.
  
  She went on. “He will make me oil my body and do the Gypsy dances I learned
  when I was a child. I will dance in the firelight for him with nothing but a
  thin bit of silken cloth upon me. Red silk. He…he prefers red. He has told
  me.”
  
  Grey gripped the chain tight, seized by the image of a slim body writhing
  naked, silhouetted in the golden glow of fire. He wasn’t the only one. Henri
  gripped the bars of the grill and pressed his face close, salivating.
  
  Annique, eyes downcast, swayed as if she were already undulating in the
  sensual dance she described. “I will draw the crimson silk from my body and
  caress him with it. The silk will be warm and damp with the heat of the dance.
  With my heat…” Her left hand