Blood Deep
Chapter One
Captured
From the diary of Miss Miranda Bond
1 March, 1819
There is nothing more exasperating than the sound of a
woman in pleasure if that woman is not you and there is
very little hope that the woman will ever be you.
It is said, I think, that momentous journeys begin with
the smallest impetus.... Well, perhaps it has been said only
by me, but it sounds very well, so I shall use it as my motto,
my mantra, my slogan for the campaign I am about to embark
upon.
That cry of pleasure was my impetus.
To save my debt-ridden family, I will race to the
windswept moors-to the estate of the mysterious and notorious
Lord Blackthorne. Rumors of his strange, erotic
tastes abound, but I believe not one of those salacious tales
is true. Blackthorne saved my brother's life on the bloody
battlefield of Waterloo, and I know him to be a true hero.
It is more than the necessity of saving my family. From
the letters we have exchanged for a precious, glorious year
now, I know I love him ... read full excerpt from Blood Deep ebook
