A Season of Seduction

“I could stay here all night,”
Jack murmured against Rebecca’s mouth.

She sighed, her lips barely moving beneath his. She clutched his arms; her fingers locked around his biceps.

“What is it?” He brushed his lips against hers in a sensuous glide. “What do you want?”

She stilled. It seemed she had stopped breathing. “I want you,” she said simply.

He sat frozen. Stunned.

He’d sensed that she wanted him, of course. He hadn’t expected her to say it, though—at least not this early. He’d planned to take all night to coax her free from her innate shyness, calming her, softening her, making her comfortable, willing. Making her not only want him, but
need
him.

Her voice fired his blood in a thousand different ways, but he couldn’t submit to either her wishes or his body’s demands. Not yet.

“Becky…” His hand slid down her neck, between her shoulder blades and lower, until it rested on the small of her back.

He did kiss her then. The tug of her hands on his arms was irresistible.

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JENNIFER HAYMORE’S
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A Touch of Scandal

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H
OYT
,
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A Touch of Scandal
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—N
ICOLE
J
ORDAN
,
New York Times
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A Hint of Wicked
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—S
HIRLEE
B
USBEE
,

New York Times
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Seduction Becomes Her

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A
LSO BY
J
ENNIFER
H
AYMORE

A Hint of Wicked

A Touch of Scandal

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Confessions of an Improper Wife
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Contents

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two