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The encounter quickly escalates into an intense, consent-ambiguous seduction marked by the man’s overpowering lust and his inability to recognize the woman’s true innocence. As the scene unfolds in secret near his family’s prized roses, he finds himself drawn into reckless desire and overwhelmed by the inevitability of what follows.","THE ART OF SEDUCTION  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nby  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMELANIE GEORGE  \nISBN: 0-7434-4272-5  \nPUBLISHER: POCKET STAR BOOKS  \nSUBJECT: Historical Romance—Victorian period—England  \nVERSION: Scan-Fully Proofed-V2.0  \nCOPYRIGHT: C2002  \nSUMMARY: Left at the altar, Parris Sutherland busies herself with a new project: masquerading as “Lady Scruples” and exacting justice on philandering men. Dominick Carlisle, the new Duke of Wakefield, has no interest in aristocratic duties. He’d rather unmask Lady Scruples, especially if it distracts him from his long-suppressed feelings for the mysterious girl from long ago—Parris.  \nREVIEW: In 1842, Dominick Carlisle has memorable sex at a costume ball with a mysterious virgin who is his long-loved childhood friend, Parris, in disguise. After she disappears, he finds a monogrammed handkerchief with her sister ’s initials and feels honor-bound to offer marriage to Annabelle, not knowing that she is the wrong woman until he finds her flagrantedelicto with his brother. After eight years away in the army, Dominick returns to find that Parris has turned into a stunningly gorgeous, if aggrieved and resentful, woman. When he goes to a pub to help a friend fend off the mysterious Lady Scruples, who has all of London in an uproar with her attacks on prominent men for their seduction of innocent women, he discovers that this avenger is none other than Parris, but still he fails to connect her with the mystery woman he’s never forgotten. George’s tale has the barest trappings of history, but the sex scenes are great, the secondary characters interesting, and the resolution satisfying.  \n—Mary K.Chelton.  \nMelanie George  \nTHEART OF SEDUCTION  \nPrologue  \nShe walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;  \n—Lord Byron  \nKent, 1842  \nThe woman came to him under the cover of darkness, only a sliver of moonlight to guide her way. The air was sultry and warm and scented with the fragrance of night-blooming jasmine; the sounds of an orchestra’s faint strains carried on the breeze.  \nShe stood watching him, her expression unreadable, her entire aspect a mystery beneath the domino that covered most of her face, the powdered wig obscuring her hair, and the courtier ’s costume with its daringly low neckline, barely covering her nipples.  \nShe walked toward him, the sensuality of her movements riveting his gaze to her hips. She spoke no words, and his tongue could not form any.  \nWhen she stopped before him, the pulse fluttering at the base of her neck and the quick rise and fall of her breasts told him she was not as composed as she wanted him to believe. Good. Neither was he, and the realization jolted him.  \nWho was she?  \nHe wanted to ask. Should have asked. But he was afraid of breaking the spell. Had he seen her inside? Had she ever attended his mother ’s annual costume ball before?  \nDid it matter? She was here now.  \nDominick opened his mouth to speak, but she pressed a slim finger to his lips, silencing him. Then her fingers whispered across his jaw, slid into his hair, cupped the back of his head, and brought his mouth down to hers. The contact was explosive.  \nHis big hands closed around her tiny waist, pulling her closer, needing heras tight against his body as he could manage. The layers of clothing between them felt confining, restrictive. Damn bothersome.  \nHe intended to go slow, be gentle, but she changed the love play, her need insistent, inciting his senses, the heat from where their bodies touched expanding and growing beyond his control.  \nHe eased her to the ground, pressing her down into the cool grass beside his mother ’s prized roses. His hands, usually so calm, fumbled against the hem of her gown.  \nHe stroked one silk-clad thigh as his other hand tugged at her bodice. She gasped as he freed her. The moon’s pale rays glimmered down on the small, perfectly formed globes. 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