The Scandalous Lady Sandford (Lost Ladies of London 3)
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“It is not freedom I seek anymore. I want to share everything with you. I want you to stake your claim on me body and soul.”
“Then know that I, too, am yours to own.” He smiled and gestured to the vast ocean. “Look out and tell me what you see.”
She stared at him, an intense look of love and longing that warmed his blood. “How can I look at anything else when the magnificence of the man before me commands my attention?”
How different things were now to the night she arrived.
“Sailors stare at the horizon longing to be somewhere else. Those with sorrow in their hearts stare at the sky longing for an epiphany.”
“And what do those in love do?”
He drew her closer, took the book from her hand and threw it to the floor. “Allow me to show you.”
Their lips met in a kiss that spoke of a deep abiding love. A love that could heal broken hearts. A love that promised hope for the future.
THE END