Shattered Vows (31 page)
Authors: Carol Townend
Rosamund slid a hand round his neck. ‘Do they?’ Reaching up on her toes, she kissed him briefly on the lips and glanced at the bed. ‘That’s no bad thing. I believe I’ve had enough of words for the moment.’ Her hand went to the lacings of his tunic.
A dark eyebrow lifted. ‘My lady, what can you mean? Surely you’re not inviting my advances? It’s most improper for a lady to proposition a knight, even if they are to be wed.’
She pulled a face she was sure was most unladylike and slid her fingers into the neck of his tunic. His skin was warm. She gave a sigh of pleasure and watched his face soften. ‘Oliver, I’m afraid I have much to learn.’
‘Thank God for that,’ he said, fervently. He was working at the fastenings of her gown. ‘In truth, there are some lessons that I would prefer you never learned.’
‘What can you mean?’
He grinned, put his hands on her breasts, and bent to nibble her neck.
‘You mean you want me to be Rosamund Miller inside the bedchamber, and Lady Rosamund de Warenne without?’
‘That’s it,’ he muttered, giving her earlobe a soft bite.
She cleared her throat. ‘I’m not sure I can manage that, it sounds very difficult.’
‘We had better practise,’ he said, smiling. ‘Kiss me, Rosamund.’
‘But I know all about being Rosamund. It’s the lady part I’m not sure of.’
‘In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re in the bedchamber now, my angel,’ Oliver said, resorting in desperation to logic.
Smiling, Rosamund tugged his head down. ‘So we are, my love. So we are.’
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Books by Carol Townend
The Knights of Champagne
– set in twelfth century France:
Lady Isobel’s Champion
2013
Unveiling Lady Clare
2014
Palace Brides
– trilogy set in eleventh century Byzantium:
Bound to the Barbarian
2010
Chained to the Barbarian
2012
Betrothed to the Barbarian
2012
Wessex Weddings
– mini-series set in Early Norman England:
The Novice Bride
2007
An Honourable Rogue
2008
His Captive Lady
2009
Runaway Lady, Conquering Lord
2009
Her Banished Lord
2010
The Herevi Sagas
:
The Stone Rose
1992 (First Edition)
Blackthorn Winter
1993 (First Edition)
Early historical romances:
Shattered Vows
1989 (First Edition) New Revised Edition 2013
Sapphire in the Snow
1989
Leaves on the Wind
1990
Non Fiction:
Royal Russia: The Private Albums of the Russian Imperial Family
Latest Edition 2006
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