title: We Love Madeleines
author:  Miss Madeleine 
description: Miss Madeleine is a globe-trotting madeleine lover, seeking baking inspiration wherever she goes. She prefers to remain anonymous to protect the integrity of her culinary adventures.<br /><br />Antonis Achilleos is a New Yorkbased photographer.
zlib_text: ## “You are not my husband!”
  
  “My husband is dead, do you hear? Stop tormenting me.”
  
  He circled from behind the desk to stand over her. “Oh, you have no idea what
  true torment is, Madeleine.”
  
  Madeleine’s hands were shaking now. He was too close. Too large. Too supremely
  male. “We made a mistake, Merrick,” she whispered. “We did something rash and
  foolish, and then we regretted it. Please, let it stay in the past. I have a
  family—a child—to think of now.”
  
  His handsome mouth curled into a sneer. “You were ashamed of me, Madeleine?”
  he asked. “Is that it?”
  
  “By God, how dare you?” Madeleine did not even realize she had swung at him
  with her open hand until he seized hold of her wrist.
  
  He pulled her hard, almost fully against him. She could smell the heat of his
  skin. “Oh, I dare, madam,” he gritted, his mouth just inches from hers. “I
  dare because it is my right! I bought and paid for it with the blood you wrung
  out of my heart.”
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Praise for National Bestselling  
  Author Liz Ca