Some Like It Wicked (31 page)

She rolled her eyes at Simon. “He’s a shameless flirt just like his father. Only yesterday I caught him trying to steal a kiss from one of Donel’s little girls.”

Simon whisked his giggling son up in his arms, tickled him until he begged for mercy, then stuffed him under the blankets. “You’re going to have to learn that you can’t get everything you want from a woman just by batting your eyelashes at her and stroking her hair.”

“I don’t know why not,” Catriona retorted with a smile. “You do.”

They’d just gotten the children to stop wriggling and go to sleep when another knock sounded.

“You’ve got to be joking,” Simon said, throwing back the blanket and padding to the door.

This time it was a footman with a letter on a silver salver. “This just arrived in the post for Mrs. Wescott.”

“Perhaps it’s a letter from your mother,” Catriona suggested hopefully. “Maybe she’s coming to stay and look after the children again.”

“Lord, I hope so,” Simon muttered, handing her the letter.

She turned it over to study the return address. Simon drew closer, his fascination growing. He’d seen that look on her face before—on the day they were wed for the second time and on the day each of their children was born.

“What is it, darling?”

She glanced up at him, her face alight with joy. “It’s from my brother. It’s from Connor.

He’s alive!”

Simon leaned over the bed as she tore open the letter with shaking hands. As she scanned its contents, all of the color slowly drained out of her cheeks.

She lifted her stricken eyes to his face. “Oh, Simon, we have to do something! He’s writing to say goodbye. They’re going to hang him!”

Every happy ending requires a fairy godmother and this book had three. My heartfelt thanks to Carrie Feron, Tessa Woodward and Andrea Cirillo for wielding their magic wands on my behalf.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New York Times
bestseller TERESA MEDEIROS wrote her first novel at the age of twenty-one, introducing readers to one of the most beloved and versatile voices in romantic fiction. She has appeared on every national bestseller list, including the
New
York Times, USA Today,
and
Publishers Weekly
lists, and has been published in over a dozen languages. Her numerous accolades include being a two-time recipient of the Waldenbooks Award for bestselling fiction. She makes her home in Kentucky and is never happier than when she has her grumpy cat (or her cheerful husband) in her arms.

You can visit her website at
www.teresamedeiros.com.

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BY TERESA MEDEIROS

SOME LIKE IT WICKED

THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME

AFTER MIDNIGHT • YOURS UNTIL DAWN

ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL • A KISS TO REMEMBER

THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST

CHARMING THE PRINCE

NOBODY’S DARLING • TOUCH OF ENCHANTMENT

BREATH OF MAGIC • FAIREST OF THEM ALL

THIEF OF HEARTS • A WHISPER OF ROSES

ONCE AN ANGEL • HEATHER AND VELVET

SHADOWS AND LACE • LADY OF CONQUEST

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SOME LIKE IT WILD

COPYRIGHT

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

SOME LIKE IT WICKED. Copyright © 2008 by Teresa Medeiros. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Microsoft Reader June 2008 ISBN 978-0-06-169626-8

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