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– \u2018Phil was in the wrong, you know,\u2019 Leonie pointed out gently. \u201cHe had no right to do what he did.\u2019 Oh, I know that. But my father had no right to treat you the way he did either. There\u2019ve been a string of girls since then, you know. And still Giles doesn\u2019t seem .<\/p>\n

to realise what sort of man my father is.\u2019 \u2018Oh, I think he knows, he just thinks I\u2019m worse | than your father. And on the face of it I suppose I am.\u201d _ Wanda frowned. \u2018He still*thinks those awful things about you?\u2019 ty \u20ac8.; ~ \u201cKnowing how sensible he is I would have thought\u201d he would have realised by now that you\u2019re too sweet and nice to have been involved in blackmail.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Maybe his vision is blurred by lust,\u201d Phil taunted. \u2018Phil!\u2019 Wanda admonished. \u2018Well, is it, Leonie?\u2019 he asked. She blushed, bitting her bottom lip. After last night she had no doubt of the depth of Giles\u2019 desire for Boe he had been unable to control it. \u2018Your face tells the answer,\u2019 Phil smiled. \u2018Do you want to have an affair with him, Leonie?\u2019 _ \u2018And know all the time that he\u2019s expecting me to extort money from him?\u2019<\/p>\n

she derided. \u2018No, thanks!\u2019 \u2014 _ He raised his eyebrows. \u2018So you do want to have an affair with him?\u2019 \u2014 \u2018No? Yes,\u2019 he insisted gently. \u2018Why don\u2019t you just give in to what you feel? If you want him\u2014\u2014\u2019 _ \u2018You don\u2019t understand!?\u2019 Her movements were – agitated, her hands kneading together. \u2018He said to me\u2014 ~ _- he said a man always knows when he\u2019s the first.\u2019<\/p>\n

She _ blushed at the intimacy of this conversation. ae \u2018Yes,\u2019 Phil frowned his puzzlement. _ rk Ae aca : . \u201cWell, he\u2014he would be!\u2019 She raised distressed blue eyes, looking very young and vulnerable. \u201cAre you telling me\u2014\u2014\u2019 r. xe \u2018But your husband\u2014\u2014\u2019 \u2018Was paralysed. Tom was ill with a wei a disease, and he\u2019d been in a wheelchair for two years before I met him.<\/p>\n

I\u2014I loved him as I might have loved a friend.\u2019 Phil whistled through his teeth. \u2018Then you\u2019re still\u2019 rae \u2018Untouched.\u2019 She nodded. \u2018After what had happened I didn\u2019t want any man within touching distance. Tom was always kind, never demanding, and we were happy together. But it just wasn\u2019t possible for him to\u2014to\u2014\u2014 We did try, in the beginning, but it never worked out \u2014 between us.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cMy God, Leonie,\u2019 Phil shook his head. \u2018You cer- tainly play with fire! What if Noble had taken you up on your offer of marriage?\u2019 She shrugged. \u201cThen he would have got rather a shock on our wedding night.\u2019<\/p>\n

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think it’s the romance of the century, _instead of which it’s just\u2014” “What happens in London?\u201d she spt _ jnterrupted. \u2018The apartment, thecar, \u2014 the allowance?\u201d SRY eee – Giles’s mouth tightened. \u201cif that\u2019s G what you want.\u201d – She took a deep breath. \u201cNo, Giles, | want more.| want marriage!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 His eyes widened incredulously.”You fits eb ane Maat on CAROLE MORTIMER is also the author of these FMartequin &fresents 294\u2014THE PASSIONATE WINTER 323\u2014-TEMPTED BY DESIRE 340\u2014SAVAGE INTERLUDE _ 352\u2014THE TEMPESTUOUS FLAME 365\u2014DECEIT OF A PAGAN _ 377\u2014FEAR OF LOVE 383\u2014YESTERDAY\u2019S SCARS 388\u2014ENGAGED TO JARROD STONE – 406\u2014BRAND OF POSSESSION 418\u2014THE FLAME OF DESIRE – 423\u2014LIVING TOGETHER -430\u2014DEVIL LOVER 437\u2014ICE IN HIS VEINS 443\u2014FIRST LOVE, LAST LOVE _.<\/p>\n

452\u2014SATAN’S MASTER 473\u2014FREEDOM TO LOVE _ 479\u2014POINT OF NO RETURN _ 502\u2014ONLY LOVER __ Many of these titles are available at your local bookseller. For a free catalogue listing alt available Harlequin Romances _ and Harlequin Presents, send your name and address to: HARLEQUIN READER SERVICE 1440 South Priest Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281 ae Canadian address: Station C Ontario N5A 6W2 – For John and Matthew ‘ \u2014\u2014 EE Harlequin Presents edition published June 1982 ISBN 0-373-10510-X Original hardcover edition published in 1982 by Mills & Boon Limited Copyright \u00a9 1982 by Carole Mortimer.<\/p>\n

All rights reserved. Philippine copyright 1982. Australian copyright 1982. Cover illustration copyright \u00a9 1982 by Will Davies. Except for use ii any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the permission of the publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 3k9.<\/p>\n

All the characters in this book have no existence outside the imagination of the author and have no relation whatsoever to anyone bearing the same name or names. They are not even distantly inspired by any individual known or unknown to the author, and ail the incidents are pure invention. The Harlequin trademark, consisting of the words HARLEQUIN PRESENTS and the portrayal of a Harlequin, is registered in the United States Patent Office and in the Canada Trade Marks Office.<\/p>\n

Printed in U.S.A. -\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u00ae CHAPTER ONE _ LEOonIE looked up as her friend and associate came _ excitedly into the room, waving a letter about under _ her nose. \u2018Have you won the pools?\u2019 she teased the \u00a9 a older woman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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