The Price of Pleasure
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Authors: Connie Mason
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A TASTE OF PARADISE
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A KNIQHT’S HONOR
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THE PIRATE PRINCE
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THE LAST ROQUE
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SEDUCED BY A ROQUE
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THE ROQUE AND THE HELLION
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THE DRAGON LORD
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THE BLACK KNIGHT
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Gunslinger
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“Connie Mason at her best! She draws readers into this fast-paced, tender and emotional historical romance that proves love really does conquer all!”
“Forgive me,” Reed said before Fleur could form a rebuke. “I do not know what came over me. It’s been a long time since I’ve had any interest in a woman. And you—” he shook his head “—are a woman only a dead man could resist.”
Fleur wagged her finger at him. “You are in no condition to be thinking such thoughts.”
That irresistible dimple appeared in Reed’s cheek. “I’m not dead yet, Fleur.”
Fleur studied his gaunt features, trying to visualize what he had looked like before he had been starved and beaten. She expected he was a bit of a rogue despite his dangerous work. She couldn’t help admiring his daring, fully aware that he was in no condition to follow through with his amorous intentions.
Fleur returned his grin. “There is plenty of time for that once you are back in England.”
Other books by Connie Mason:
| HIGHLAND WARRIOR | VIKING! |
| A TASTE OF PARADISE | SURRENDER TO THE |
| A KNIGHT’S HONOR | FURY |
| GYPSY LOVER | FOR HONOR’S SAKE |
| THE PIRATE PRINCE | LORD OF THE NIGHT |
| THE LAST ROGUE | TEMPT THE DEVIL |
| THE LAIRD OF | PROMISE ME FOREVER |
| STONEHAVEN | SHEIK |
| TO LOVE A STRANGER | ICE & RAPTURE |
| SEDUCED BY A ROGUE | LOVE ME WITH FURY |
| TO TAME A RENEGADE | SHADOW WALKER |
| LIONHEART | FLAME |
| A LOVE TO CHERISH | TENDER FURY |
| THE ROGUE AND THE | DESERT ECSTASY |
| HELLION | A PROMISE OF |
| THE DRAGON LORD | THUNDER |
| THE OUTLAWS: SAM | PURE TEMPTATION |
| THE OUTLAWS: JESS | WIND RIDER |
| THE OUTLAWS: RAFE | TEARS LIKE RAIN |
| THE BLACK KNIGHT | THE LION’S BRIDE |
| GUNSLINGER | SIERRA |
| BEYOND THE HORIZON | TREASURES OF THE |
| PIRATE | HEART |
| BRAVE LAND, BRAVE | CARESS & CONQUER |
| LOVEN | PROMISED SPLENDOR |
| WILD LAND, WILD LOVE | WILD IS MY HEART |
| BOLD LAND, BOLD | MY LADY VIXEN |
| LOVE |
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Copyright © 2007 by Connie Mason
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Chapter OneFrance, 1798
Never had Reed Harwood wished so fervently for death. But then, Reed had never before wallowed in his own filth and the filth of others, in the worst hellhole imaginable. Bruised, battered and broken, he had suffered days, weeks of total darkness in a black, suffocating pit.
Reed had lost all track of time. He couldn’t even recall how long it had been since Napoleon’s agents had seized him, charged him with spying for England and taken him without benefit of trial to Devil’s Chateau, the unofficial name of the prison perched on a windswept cliff on the coast of France. Six months? Nine months? It was impossible to judge the passage of time when one day was much the same as the next.