Waltz of Seduction ~ A Steamy Regency Novella

By Natasha Blackthorne

Lord Lockhart loves his new bride. Yet he also knows that a gentleman doesn't inflict his passionate desires on a wife. The marriage bed is for begetting heirs, not animal lust. No matter how much he desires his wife. But under Lady Lockhart's shyness is a determination to tempt her handsome husband, to satisfy them both and spend every night together in her bed.

Innocent waltzing lessons in their chambers soon become passionate, and may lead the newlyweds to overcome their preconceptions and learn to be lovers, as well as man and wife.

Short Novella 10K Words

• Language: English
• Publisher: Natasha Blackthorne
• Release date: Apr 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463177389

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Waltz of Seduction

Copyright © 2011 Natasha Blackthorne

Edited by Raelene Gorlinsky

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First electronic book publication May 2011 by Ellora’s Cave - Quickies®

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Waltz of Seduction

By

Natasha Blackthorne

A painful personal experience makes Lord Lockhart believe that a gentleman doesn’t inflict his passionate desires on a wife. The marriage bed is for begetting heirs, not animal lust. No matter how much he desires his wife. But under Lady Lockhart’s shyness is a determination to tempt her handsome husband, to satisfy them both and spend every night together in her bed.

Innocent waltzing lessons in their chambers soon become passionate, and may lead the newlyweds to overcome their preconceptions and learn to be lovers, as well as man and wife.

Dedication

To my husband, who always believed in my writing.

Chapter One

She wanted to tempt her husband. She wanted him to desire her madly.

Lady Sara Lockhart paused at the foot of the stairs, waiting for her husband to notice her beautiful new ball gown. It was shimmering silk with a low-cut neckline, a neat black ribbon beneath her breasts and a narrow skirt that flowed gracefully as water to the floor. She stood the way her friends had her practice. Head held high, back straight, her torso turned ever so slightly and her hand on the stair rail.

Her lord remained obsessed with some aspect of his watch.

Colin?

Lord Colin Lockhart looked up, classically handsome with his long, narrow face and high cheekbones. Even a glimpse of him never failed to make her stomach bottom out. She couldn’t help but smile. His dark brows drew together sharply and his beautiful eyes, blue like a clear lake, flashed with irritation. This watch runs slower every day. I took it apart this morning and see no reason for it.

Colin enjoyed tinkering with clocks. Anything with gears really.

It’s a new frock, she explained. He always needed nudging on this type of thing.

Oh. He brushed that wayward lock of onyx hair off his forehead then glanced down. His eyes widened and he dropped the watch back into his pocket. He walked over, his tall, broad-shouldered body elegantly displayed in his well-tailored dark blue coat in a way that always made her breath catch. She could never believe he was really her husband. Not even after all these months.

He stared down at her, his eyes intent on the gown.

She fiddled with her string of seed pearls and its ruby pendant. Well, what do you think?

His frown returned. You’re wearing red now?

The hard undertone in his voice made her stomach twitch. He was so often good-natured she forgot how exacting he could be when he decided a matter was important. Her heart fluttered in alarm. You are displeased? The dressmaker called it claret. Priscilla says it is quite the thing.

Priscilla may be right, but it seems rather a bold color for you.

She knew what that meant. It was polite way of saying a plain girl shouldn’t wear such a vivid color. How foolish of her to think she could be pretty or enticing. She made a fool of herself in the attempt.

But how else was she to win his