title: Radiant Desire (A Handmaid's Seduction, Book One)
author:  Inara Scott 
description: &#34;More sensual delights than a waltz through a fairy garden! Inara Scott's tale of hope and surrender had me turning pages late into the night. One of the most enjoyable paranormal romances I've ever read!&#34; <br> <i>~ Jeri Smith-Ready, PRISM-award-winning author of SHADE and WICKED GAME</i> --book cover<br /><br />
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  **WOMAN’S OWN**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Robyn Carr
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 1990 by Robyn Carr
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
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  For more information, please visit http://www.RobynCarr.com
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _In loving memory of Alice Entzminger, “Grandmother E”_
  
  
  
  
  
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  A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her--
  
  
  the light which, showing the way, forbids it.
  
  
  But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague,
  tangled, chaotic and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from
  such a beginning!
  
  
  How many souls perish in its tumult!
  
  
  \--Kate Chopin, _The Awakening_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Prologue
  
  
  _Philadelphia, April 13, 1859_
  
  
  
  
  
  There is no power so reckless as a woman’s need to be loved. It is a hunger
  destined to be fed,