title: Deceptive Intentions
author:  M. L. Malcolm 
description: Leo Hoffman is a man of many contradictions. He's a Hungarian national traveling on a French passport, a wealthy businessman with no visible means of support, and a devoted father who hasn't seen his daughter in years. He is also a spy.
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  WITH SEDUCTION IN MIND
  
  “I prefer the needle to the blade,” Malcolm finally managed to utter.
  
  Joan nodded. “The loss of blood will make ye feel light headed. Ye need to put
  something in yer belly besides whiskey.”
  
  She broke off a piece of bread, spread it with honey, then handed it to him.
  He stared at the offering, watching a drop of the golden nectar run onto her
  thumb. Unable to resist, Malcolm grabbed her wrist and licked the honey with
  the tip of his tongue.
  
  Joan squealed and snatched her hand away. “Whatever are ye doing?”
  
  “’Tis a sin to waste such fine food,” he muttered innocently.
  
  She narrowed her brows and stared at him in disbelief. Malcolm schooled his
  expression into angelic innocence, doubting he could fool her, but needing to
  try.
  
  “If I dinnae know any better, I would swear that ye were trying to seduce me,
  Malcolm McKenna,” she said, her expression taut.
  
  “And if I were?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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