Wild Desire
My lover, my Lord Burnet, my Marquis of Ainsworth.
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The library door opened on well-oiled hinges. Karen turned from helping Tony put the precious drawings away and stared at the woman who strolled in as if she owned the house and everything in it.
She was petite, her white-blonde hair cut short, forming cherubic curls round her shapely head, little fronds caressing the nape of her slender neck. Her face was gamine, elfin — big blue eyes, a retrousse nose, full red lips.