Title: TOO SCOT TO HANDLE
Author: Grace Burrowes
Series: Windham Brides, #2
On Sale: July 25, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99 USD
eBook: $6.99 USD
Audio: $22.98 USD
As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led
men, fixed what was broken, and fought hard. Now that he's a titled gentleman,
he's still fighting—this time to keep his bachelorhood safe from all the marriage-minded
debutantes. Then he meets the intriguing Miss Anwen Windham, whose demure
nature masks a bonfire waiting to roar to life. When she asks for his help to
raise money for the local orphanage, he's happy to oblige.
Anwen is amazed at how quickly Lord Colin takes
in hand a pack of rambunctious orphan boys. Amazed at how he actually listens
to her ideas. Amazed at the thrill she gets from the rumble of his Scottish
burr and the heat of his touch. But not everyone enjoys the success of an
upstart. And Colin has enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin him and anybody
he holds dear.
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He’d taken care that this
kiss be private, and thus unhurried.
Anwen liked the unhurried part exceedingly. Lord Colin
held her not as if she were frail and fragile, but as if she were too precious
to let go. His arms were secure about her, and he’d tucked in close enough that
she could revel in his contours—broad chest, flat belly, and hard, hard thighs,
such as an accomplished equestrian would have.
Soft lips, though. Gentle, entreating, teasing…
Anwen teased him back, getting a taste of peppermint for
her boldness, and then a taste of him.
“Great day in the morning,” he whispered, right at her
ear. “I won’t be able to sit my horse if you do that again with your tongue.”
She did it again, and again, until the kiss involved his
leg insinuated among the folds and froths of her riding habit, her fingers
toying with the hair at his nape, and her heart, beating faster than it had at
the conclusion of their race.
“Ye must cease, wee Anwen,” Lord Colin said, resting his
cheek against her temple. “We must
cease, or I’ll have to cast myself into yonder water for the sake of my
sanity.”
“I’m a good swimmer,” Anwen said. “I’d fish you out.” She
contemplated dragging a sopping Lord Colin from the Serpentine, his clothes
plastered to his body….
“Such a sigh,” he said, kissing her cheek. “If ye’d slap
me, I’d take it as a mercy.”
“I’d rather kiss you again.” And again and again and
again. Anwen’s enthusiasm for that undertaking roared through her like a wild
fire, bringing light, heat, and energy to every corner of her being.
“You are a bonfire in disguise,” he said, smoothing a
hand over her hair. “An ambush of a woman, and you have all of polite society
thinking you’re the quiet one.” He peered down at her, his hair sticking up on
one side. “Am I the only man who knows better, Anwen?”
She smoothed his hair down, delighting in its texture.
Red hair had a mind of its own, and by the dawn’s light, his hair was very red.
“No, you are not the only one who knows better,” she
said, which had him looking off across the water, his gaze determined.
“I’m no’ the dallyin’ kind,” he said, taking Anwen’s hand
and kissing it. “I was a soldier, and I’m fond of the ladies, but this is… you
mustn’t toy with me.”
Everlasting
celestial trumpets. “You think I could toy
with you?”
“When you smile like that, you could break hearts, Miss
Anwen Windham. A man wouldn’t see it coming, but then you’d swan off in a cloud
of grace and dignity, and too late, he’d realize what he’d missed. He wouldn’t
want to admit how foolish he’d been, but in his heart, he’d know: I should
ne’er have let her get away. I should have done anything to stay by her side.”
I am a bonfire in
disguise. “You are not the only one who knows my secret. I know better now too, Colin.” She went
up on her toes and kissed him. “It’s our secret.”
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THE WINDHAM BRIDES SERIES
THE TROUBLE WITH DUKES, #1
TOO SCOT TO HANDLE, #2
NO OTHER DUKE WILL DO, #3
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