That warm smile flashed again. “You’re very arrogant, sir. Need I remind you that I’m the one letting you go?”

“Tell me the plan,” he said again, suddenly desperate to hear it.

He saw the change in her. Watched hesitation turn to bravery. “Perhaps I should show you, instead.”

Christ, yes.

And then, as though he’d said it aloud, she kissed him, pressing her lips to his, soft and sweet and inexperienced and tempting as hell, and Whit would have done anything to have his hands untied at that moment, so he might take control and show her just how well he could help see her plans through.

But before he could suggest doing just that, she ended the kiss, opened the door at his back and, with a whispered “Goodbye,” pushed him from the moving carriage.






About the Author

A life-long romance reader, SARAH MACLEAN wrote her first romance novel on a dare, and never looked back. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical romances, and the author of a monthly column at The Washington Post celebrating the best of the romance genre. She lives in New York City. Visit her at www.sarahmaclean.net.

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