Authors: Catherine Coulter
Night Fire (30 page)
“Don't you want to know about Victor?” he asked, knowing he was at the very edge.
“Later.”
He kissed her then, slowly, thoroughly. He paused a moment, his eyes on her breasts.
“Perhaps at breakfast,” she said, her enjoyment clear. “Victor and a rasher of bacon.”
“That sounds vastly romantic, Arielle.”
“That sounds,” she said, “like a long time away. There is much, Burke Drummond, that you must accomplish before breakfast.”
“Yes,” he said, looking at her from her forehead to her toes. “Now hush, for I am a thorough man and have no wish to be distracted.”
“All right,” she said and pulled him down to her.
C
ATHERINE
C
OULTER
is a perennial
New York Times
bestselling author of both historical romance and romantic suspense novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband Anton and her cat.
Do let her know which of the novels in the
Night Trilogy
you like best. Write her at P.O. Box 17, Mill Valley, CA 94942, or e-mail her at
[email protected]
. Visit her website at
www.CatherineCoulter.com
.
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
NIGHT FIRE
. Copyright © 1989 by Catherine Coulter. Author's preferred edition © 2002 by Catherine Coulter. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-booksâ¢.
ePub edition October 2005 ISBN 9780061750731
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