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Captured - by Dara Edmondson

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CAPTURED by Dara Edmondson

Copyright © Dara Edmondson, 2009
All Rights Reserved, RED SAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

EXCERPT FROM CAPTURED

How could she pass up a limo ride? The smell of fine leather wafted to her nostrils. She breathed it in, looked around the car. There was a built-in television, a bar and beautiful soft leather seats.
He climbed in beside her and moved close. When the driver got in, Milo told him, "I have to stop at the Brownstone before we take the lady home."
Again, the chauffeur remained silent, only giving his head a slight nod before he raised the privacy screen.
"Do you mind?" Milo asked her.
She had no idea where they were going but it didn't seem to matter right now. She only wanted to extend the precious little time they had together. Why couldn’t she have met him days ago, weeks or months? This wasn't enough of a chance to get to know him. And she wanted to know him more than anything.
He ran a finger along her jaw, touched it to her lips. "I'm so sorry we didn’t have more time together."
"I was just thinking the same thing." Her heart pounded.
"Perhaps when I return we can…" He sighed and looked away. "I fear I will miss you, even though I hardly know you."
She nodded, stared at his lips, so close to hers. His fingers threaded though her hair, pulled her head closer, closer until their lips met, soft and sweet. The tight knot in her stomach that always seemed to be there loosened a little. She squirmed against the tingling sensation between her legs as new moisture pooled there. Milo's tongue parted her lips, slipped slowly inside, exploring her mouth, inviting hers to join it in dance. Her eyelids slipped lazily shut and she let herself be carried away by the fantasy of what could have been.
When she felt Milo's hand along her leg, pushing up her skirt, she tensed. She wasn't the sort of girl who let men take such liberties. Or was she? How long would she be the sort of girl losers like Walter stood up?
She made a decision and didn't even care if it was reckless, didn’t care if the driver heard them. Shifting on the seat to allow him freer access, a jolt of excitement passed through her. The lights of Manhattan streamed past and she knew there were people nearby, could hear them every time they slowed for traffic or stopped at a light. Had she always been a closet thrill seeker and never knew it?
Milo cradled her cheek in his strong hand and captured her gaze. "It's okay?"
How could any woman resist this beautiful man's smoky stare? She answered with a long, deep kiss, tasting the sweet coffee and smelling his spicy scent. Every cell in her body hummed with delicious anticipation as his hand continued further up her leg. When he moved beyond the top of her thigh-high stockings and his hand was directly on her skin, her temperature rose a hundred degrees.

Category: Contemporary

Length: Novella

MSRP/List Price: $5.50

Our Cover Price: $3.50

Available Format: eBook

Description:

When Audrey Brookstone meets a handsome foreigner at a Broadway show, she's instantly taken with his good looks and charming demeanor. After an evening of passion in his limousine, he whisks away to be his courtesan in Cazbekistan, where he is a crown prince. Prince Milo agrees not to force himself on her, but rather to make her fall in love with him in only eight weeks, or he must set her free with a king's ransom.

Can Audrey resist his charms or will she give in to his lavish seduction?

To My Readers: Have you ever had a fantasy that kept popping into your head in different forms? This story came about from that part of my brain that refuses to let me forget it. A handsome stranger with a sexy accent and an overwhelming desire for only me. Throw in that living in the lap of luxury fantasy and you get Captured.

ISBN: 9781603102988

Publication Date: 2009

Reviews

Captured by Dara Edmondson

As disappointing as it is to be stood up again by Walter, Aubrey Brookstone discovers that it may not be such a bad thing that he didn’t show up after all. While she’s debating about what to do with the expensive tickets to a Broadway show she meets an exotically gorgeous man who just happens to really want to see the show as well. Unfortunately the theater is sold out of tickets so it just makes sense for her to allow him to use her extra one. After spending a pleasant evening together Audrey and Milo end up sharing a passionate encounter in his limousine. She assumes that he’ll be taking her home but Milo lets her know he has to swing by his brownstone first. There she’s accosted and drugged. The next thing she knows she’s chained to a bed aboard a private plane.

Confused and angry Audrey demands to know where she’s being taken and why – and she’s definitely not happy with the answer she receives. Milo is actually the prince of Cazbekistan and he’s decided he wants Audrey as his courtesan therefore he’s taken her – only Audrey isn’t like the women of his country and doesn’t view his methods of securing her as a lover as acceptable behavior. She wants to return home but Milo isn’t going to give her up without a fight. He strikes a bargain with her just to appease her– if she hasn’t come to him by his thirtieth birthday then he’ll let her go and give her one hundred thousand dollars to reestablish her business and life. That gives him eight weeks to do everything in his power to seduce her into his bed. Can he pull it off?

Many women fantasize about being rescued and in Dara Edmondson’s CAPTURED that’s exactly what the hero thinks he’s doing. Milo is exactly the sort of man women dream of – rich, handsome, titled and a caring heart. However, he’s also been raised in a culture where ‘kidnapping’ a woman like he has Audrey is acceptable. Audrey is smart enough to know that she does have strong feelings for Milo but knows that she isn’t willing to be his courtesan; she wants to be treated as an equal – not as a servant.

This story is fast paced, thrilling, emotionally charged and even has a bit of suspense that ensures readers will find themselves captivated until the very end – and maybe rethinking that ‘knight on a white horse’ mentality. ~~ Chrissy Dionne ~~ Romance Junkies