{"id":3548,"date":"2010-06-10T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2010-06-10T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T04:00:16","slug":"excerpt-thursday-hook-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/10\/excerpt-thursday-hook-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Thursday ~ Hook Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back on track with <strong><em>Excerpt Thursdays<\/em><\/strong>. Let me know if you&#8217;ve been hooked or not. Click the cover to purchase <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Wanton Venture<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resplendencepublishing.com\/m8_view_item.html?m8:item=207-200-105-464-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3549\" title=\"WantonVenture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WantonVenture.jpg?resize=207%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Wanton Venture <\/span>~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elainelowenovels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elaine Lowe<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Release Date: June 2, 2010<\/span> ~ <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Resplendence Publishing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cThank you, Rigby. That will be all.\u201d The butler took one last look at him then left, closing the door softly behind him.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Raymond bowed slightly, his eyes studying this mysterious woman.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>She stood and inclined her head. \u201cGreetings, Mr. Talbury. My name is Helena Gracechurch. I am happy to make your acquaintance.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Good, Alan said nothing about the damned title.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cThe pleasure is mine, Miss Gracechurch. How may I help you?\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>She indicated the seat across the desk and they both sat. She shuffled papers on the desk, and he took the time to really look at her. At first glance, she looked like a governess or an old auntie, with a high necked serviceable gown in a light shade of gray. Her dark red hair was up in a severe style, without any attempt to highlight her features. She wore spectacles as well, highly unfashionable. And he thought, given the lack of squinting lines around her eyes, very possibly unnecessary.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>But all that could not hide the sprinkling of freckles across the line of her nose, proving that despite her rosy pale skin, she occasionally let the sun shine down on her face without a proper bonnet. The warm amber of her eyes could not be dulled but glimmered with intelligence. Her dress might be severe, but it could not hide an impressive bosom or her light and pleasing frame.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Most of all, the tight bun she wore had let a single red curl fall against her neck, and his gaze was immediately drawn to it. Regardless of his respect for women or his attempts to think of this as a business meeting, for a long moment, all he could think about was getting that hair loose and getting his hands into it.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cSo, Mr. Talbury, Mr. Saksville has told me that you have considerable\u2014if unconventional\u2014experience in the Navy during the war.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Raymond smiled. Unconventional was a very politic way of putting it, Alan.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cYes, Miss Gracechurch, I\u2019ve commanded my share of ships during the recent conflicts.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>She paused for a moment and a smile almost touched her lips. There was something in her eyes that he could not quite identify, though for a moment it reminded him of passion. \u201cYes, well\u2026have you had any experience with cargo vessels rather than military ships?\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>He thought of the months he\u2019d acted as a common sailor in the French-controlled Spanish navy, hauling cargo on supply ships, and acting as crew on captured merchant vessels. \u201cYes, I have worked on cargo vessels, though not in a command capacity.\u201d Unless the cargo was black powder meant to blow up a bridge over the river Coa. On that tiny boat, he\u2019d definitely been in command.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>She nodded and made a note on the page she held in front of her. He wondered how many men she had evaluated for this position, or if he was the first. Noting the very slight tremor in her hand, he thought it was highly probably he was the first.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Had she ever been kissed? What man would be lucky enough to caress those pink lips with his own? To taste her tongue, or taste her other lips, to open the virgin fruit of her loins and savor her intoxicating innocence. Raymond shifted uncomfortably and tried to focus on listening to her words rather than his imaginings.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cYou also are half-Spanish, correct?\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>He repressed the urge to groan. Why were the English so bloody narrow-minded? His mother would be most interested in an account of this conversation when he returned to their Bristol lodgings, the Rose and Sail Inn. She had insisted on accompanying him, having no desire to be left at the gargantuan Belforth House in London, all alone with disreputable servants and the threat of creditors at the door.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cYes, my mother is Spanish. 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