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whole time, while
a slight smile curved his lips and creased the skin at the corners of his
beautiful eyes. There was no arrogance or anger within him anymore. It was as
though he’d been a closed bud that had now bloomed into life.
    “I love you,” she whispered up at him as he turned
her.
    His smile broke wider, parting his lips. “I love you,
too, Meredith. And thank heaven that you captured me...”
    She laughed. She was going to make him happy for the
rest of his life. She vowed it to herself and to him. She would always love
him.
       

 
    Illicit
Love
    MARLOW INTRIGUES – BOOK 1
    BY JANE LARK
    2 nd Edition available from 3 rd October 2013

 
    Trapped under the reign of a cruel keeper,
Ellen Harding longs to be free. Under his oppression, her soul and conscience
have died while her body lives on, fulfilling his dissolute desires. She is
empty – a vessel – deaf to the voice of morality and blind to shame.

 
    When her eyes are drawn to a beautiful man
for no other reason than his looks, she imagines what it would be like to
escape her chains for a night by giving her body to him.

 
    But Edward Marlow is kind and gentle when he
touches her, and her subconscious whispers this man could be her salvation. Yet
how can he help her when she has secrets which prevent her freedom?

 
    Edward is restless, lonely, and a little
angry with his lot in life — it is his only excuse for being drawn to another
man’s mistress. The woman’s dark hair and pale eyes are striking, and he cannot
take his gaze off her while she watches him over the top of a fan with an
illicit intent in her eyes.

 
    Once he’s known her, he cannot forget her,
and once he’s seen the evidence of her supposed benefactor’s brutality, he
wants to help her. But how can he when she will not run any more than she will
speak of her past?

 
    When a desperate
Ellen finally relents and shocks Edward from his sleep, he doesn’t hesitate, he
helps her flee. He just doesn’t know he’s running headlong into the secrets of
her past.

 
    Can love redeem a life of sin?

 
    Illicit
Love
    MARLOW INTRIGUES – BOOK 1
    BY JANE LARK
    An excerpt

 
    Perfectly positioned to view
one of the ton’s fairest sons, Ellen’s eyes were drawn from Lord Gainsborough’s
playing cards to the man seated across the table—Lord Edward Marlow, the second
born son of the tenth Earl of Barrington. He was newly in town and therefore a
novelty, an enigma. Every mistress and courtesan in the room had been watching
him all evening and she was no exception.
    Lord Edward’s long, manicured
fingers moved, poising above his cards. Ellen openly stared, the low light in
the room and its stale hazy air, thick with tobacco smoke, hiding her scrutiny
from the watching crowd.
    His hair was dark brown and
gentle curls tumbled from his crown, licking his forehead and the high collar
of his black, tailed evening coat, Brutus style. In the candlelight, thrown by
the chandelier above, his hair glistened with a variety of rich, roasted coffee
bean shades.
    His head lifted and she
indulged her eyes with his severe yet perfect, profile. He exuded authority.
The man was sleek strength and sophistication. The muscle of his jaw tight, his
lips rose as if to smile, but hesitated as though some thought stopped him, and
she saw doubt or indecision pass across his expression. Then his eyelids lifted
and his dark, intense gaze clashed with hers, a deep blue, more like slate- gray .
    Embarrassed and a little
flustered, Ellen’s appraisal fell to his hands.
    His fingers teased out a card
and threw it to the table while she felt his gaze burn into her.
    Desire stirring ,
she pictured the pleasure those fingers could give a woman and the air in the
room was suddenly hot and thick, despite the cool winter night outside.
    Ellen lifted her open fan and
fluttered it gently to cool her skin as her gaze drifted back to his face. He
was watching her still. One dark eyebrow rose and his broad